Most mouth and tooth injuries are not too serious. However, if there is a lot of bleeding or swelling the person may need your help until an ambulance arrives. If a person’s tooth has been knocked out, you might be able to help save it.

What to look for

Bleeding: The person may be bleeding from their mouth, lips, tongue or where a tooth has been knocked out.

Pain: The person might have a pain in or near their mouth after being injured.

A broken or knocked-out tooth: The person’s tooth might have come out or be broken. When there is no pain or bleeding, it might just have cracked or chipped and still in place. Then there is less urgency to get help. However with bleeding or movement of the tooth (or fully out) then see below.

Swelling: The person might have swelling in their mouth or throat or around their face.
How you can help

• Control any bleeding: Hold a clean tissue or cloth firmly against the injured area (inside the mouth or outside), or the hole where the tooth was, for at least 30 minutes to help stop the bleeding. You can also use a cooled off just used (green or black) tea bag.
• If a tooth has been knocked out:
• Pick it up from the top, not the bottom (the root).
• Wash the tooth in clean running water or ask the person to suck it clean. (They need to be careful not to swallow the tooth as this could cause choking).
• Ask the person to place back and hold the tooth in its usual place in their mouth if they can, if not put it in a small bottle or glass of milk.
• Tell the person to go straight to the dentist within 60 minutes to try to save the tooth.

If the bleeding happens after having a tooth out at the dentist:

• • Get the person to bite down on a clean pad covering the area where the tooth has been removed. A wet (black or green)tea bag can also help.
  • Ask the person to keep biting down on the pad for 30 minutes.
  • If the bleeding doesn’t stop after 30 minutes repeat for another 30 minutes or call for an ambulance.

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In rare cases dental inflammation can run out of hand. When it is not too bad yet, ALWAYS try to remedy it with nature’s antibiotic: vitamin C in really high doses: preferably 2000 mg three times daily during meals or in a smoothie.
For mouth injuries, swelling and toothaches, it may help to place a cool, wet washcloth or ice pack to the side of the face.

When a swelling starts getting so big that you start having real problems with swallowing and/or breathing you are better to call an ambulance. Also a good indicator that you should get professional care rapidly is a sudden rise in temperature (fever).

In the hospital they will treat this condition (flegmone or Ludwigs angina) with urgency as in some cases this can be life threatening. In most cases this will be treated with intravenous antibiotics (or intravenous vitamin C when they follow the NZ Otago University guidelines ).

Remember that it is important to start a path towards better immune health after an event like this, as this will prevent this and other diseases in the future. A good guide can be the book ‘free your smile’ that will guide you as a road map towards this destination. Read more in the ‘book’ page of this website.

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Unless a toothache is going rogue with an extreme swelling of the face (see above how to handle that), it is almost never a life-threatening event. Almost all toothaches disappear in a number of days. The reason for this is that the nerve in the tooth easily dies and that remedies the pain.

It is better for the tooth to not have a dead nerve, it will probably give less issues in the future. So best is to find help of a good dentist who might be able to save the tooth with a simple filling. Especially when you know there is a cavity or defect filling.

When you let the tooth die then another sort of pain can come back when you have a lower immune system due to stress or other disease.  A tooth that has already died a longer time ago can get very sensitive to touch. Almost always this is relieved a lot by not touching it and having healthy smoothies and no chewing. A dentist can relieve it even further by only taking the pressure off by grinding it down minimally, so always ask for that before doing more extensive work on it. It really helps to calm down the tooth and it helps the healing process of the jaw around it.

The pain of a live tooth inflammation can get really bad and that can create a lot of stress. Every toothache is an inflammation, so again it is highly advisable to take 2000 mg of vitamin C three times daily with meals or in a smoothie as natures own antibiotic.

Painkillers will help relieve a toothache until you can visit the dentist. Take painkillers regularly – without exceeding the recommended daily dose. Also check that you can safely take the medication combined with other meds prior to taking it. It can help to alternate between medications eg, for adults take 1 or 2 tablets of 400ml ibuprofen (200mg each tablet) then 2 hours later take 1 or 2 tablets of Paracetamol (500mg paracetamol and 8 mg codeine each tablet). Then repeat. Alternating can help provide a better and longer lasting cover.

Ensure you take painkillers 30 mins before bed time, then they will be working before you lie down.

Hot or cold – Sometimes sipping on very cold water can help. An icepack may help. Wrap some frozen vegetables or ice in a tea towel and hold on your cheek for 10-20 minutes. Some people find sipping on warm water helps.

Night time is always worse – there are no distractions and the brain can fully focus on the pain. Having some distraction can help, keep the TV on, have music playing or read a book till you fall asleep. Sleep with your head raised – this helps prevent the throb.

It is always better to quit these painkillers as soon as possible because they are not good for your health. A healthier alternative that you could take or combine is Turmeric (curcumin), this has opioid type of  pain reducing pathways.

Most tooth pains are gone in a number of days. It is always worth to find out what caused it, to prevent further suffering. Professional diagnosis with temperature testing the tooth and an x-ray when there is no reaction to the temperature test will give an idea of the prognosis and also tell you if there is any other hidden decay or cracks.

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This site has been developed to educate you with home remedies, self-help and how to select the best holistic dental clinic that will only use state of the art minimal invasive dentistry. There are 10 mini courses taking between 10 to 30 minutes to folow. Start now with the free course and see how fun dentistry can be!

When you rather read a book: “free your smile” is the book behind the website that lays the foundation for a (r)evolution in dentistry.

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