arbilab
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I recently underwent a couple weeks of tooth pain/sensitivity and found 2 effective treatments
that work in less than 20min and last for hours.
Background data:
This tooth lost a filling some time back and is now hollow. I'm arranging to have it canaled and capped, but couldn't wait for that. The pain was such it made me sweat. Couldn't possibly sleep, chewing was torture. Sensitive to everything: heat, cold, pressure.
At its worst, the whole side of my head was that way, even teeth there is nothing wrong with. It also came and went, sometimes horrible, sometimes completely absent.
Tooth pain is difficult to pin down. All per-side go up the same nerve. That can explain the de-localization. That nerve threads through the temporomandibular joint, a known troublemaker. So it 'can' be a particular tooth, or it can be something more general like this was.
Remedy #1:
I had the remnants of a tube of Sensodyne SC toothpaste; the SC being strontium chloride active ingredient. It had worked for transient sensitivity before. Not brushing with it, but spreading a fingertip blob of it on the tooth and gums and letting it sit there.
There's a catch. Sensodyne has altered the formula and like P&G does with Tide, taken up more shelf space with variations on the brand which may disappoint. The grocery ones are not the same as "the original". It's now sold as "original flavor" in the US and elsewhere. In fact, I bought replacements made in Thailand labeled in Indonesian that are indeed "the original",
including 10% strontium chloride. Still the same company, GSK (global).
Amazon "original flavor" made in US may or may not contain strontium chloride. As happens with symptom-relief research, some says it definitely works, some says it does nothing more than placebo. FDA may have banned strontium on that basis, and that it would be harmful if a child ate half a tube of it. I can tell you that "placebo" toothpaste does NOT provide relief. Whether it's the strontium, or the chemistry/pH, or just the flavorants, "original" Sensodyne works. This pain was profound enough to where I couldn't possibly have 'imagined' it away.
By the theory they claim for strontium-- blocking tubules-- it shouldn't work in 20min, it should take weeks. So I can't assert why or how it works, just that it does. For me. Your dentage may vary. Tooth pain isn't just one thing.
Strontium is a metal. Swallowing incidental amounts won't hurt you as much as not sleeping for days will. But don't swallow any more than just slips by. Might rinse after 20min.
Remedy #2:
CBD (+ Delta-8) vape pen. You don't have to inhale it, just fill your mouth with the vapor and squish it around for ~20 seconds.
That this as well as strontium do the same thing, I hypothesize the effect is not on the tooth per se but on the nerve.
It's the nerve that's keeping you awake, so....
I suspect any of the 'caines would also work, but the supply chain is circuitous to say the least.
I can provide known-good vendors for both these remedies, on request.
that work in less than 20min and last for hours.
Background data:
This tooth lost a filling some time back and is now hollow. I'm arranging to have it canaled and capped, but couldn't wait for that. The pain was such it made me sweat. Couldn't possibly sleep, chewing was torture. Sensitive to everything: heat, cold, pressure.
At its worst, the whole side of my head was that way, even teeth there is nothing wrong with. It also came and went, sometimes horrible, sometimes completely absent.
Tooth pain is difficult to pin down. All per-side go up the same nerve. That can explain the de-localization. That nerve threads through the temporomandibular joint, a known troublemaker. So it 'can' be a particular tooth, or it can be something more general like this was.
Remedy #1:
I had the remnants of a tube of Sensodyne SC toothpaste; the SC being strontium chloride active ingredient. It had worked for transient sensitivity before. Not brushing with it, but spreading a fingertip blob of it on the tooth and gums and letting it sit there.
There's a catch. Sensodyne has altered the formula and like P&G does with Tide, taken up more shelf space with variations on the brand which may disappoint. The grocery ones are not the same as "the original". It's now sold as "original flavor" in the US and elsewhere. In fact, I bought replacements made in Thailand labeled in Indonesian that are indeed "the original",
including 10% strontium chloride. Still the same company, GSK (global).
Amazon "original flavor" made in US may or may not contain strontium chloride. As happens with symptom-relief research, some says it definitely works, some says it does nothing more than placebo. FDA may have banned strontium on that basis, and that it would be harmful if a child ate half a tube of it. I can tell you that "placebo" toothpaste does NOT provide relief. Whether it's the strontium, or the chemistry/pH, or just the flavorants, "original" Sensodyne works. This pain was profound enough to where I couldn't possibly have 'imagined' it away.
By the theory they claim for strontium-- blocking tubules-- it shouldn't work in 20min, it should take weeks. So I can't assert why or how it works, just that it does. For me. Your dentage may vary. Tooth pain isn't just one thing.
Strontium is a metal. Swallowing incidental amounts won't hurt you as much as not sleeping for days will. But don't swallow any more than just slips by. Might rinse after 20min.
Remedy #2:
CBD (+ Delta-8) vape pen. You don't have to inhale it, just fill your mouth with the vapor and squish it around for ~20 seconds.
That this as well as strontium do the same thing, I hypothesize the effect is not on the tooth per se but on the nerve.
It's the nerve that's keeping you awake, so....
I suspect any of the 'caines would also work, but the supply chain is circuitous to say the least.
I can provide known-good vendors for both these remedies, on request.
