In actuality, third molars are a dental irritation. The wisdom teeth always develop during the end of youth or the beginning of adulthood, and they are uncomfortable as they push through the gum line. Some people only experience moderate symptoms, while others experience severe and inflammatory symptoms that might result in infection or just make it difficult to open their lips. Before you see your dentist, you might try any of the following natural pain relievers. These are a few natural pain-relieving home remedies that help in wisdom tooth healing.

 

Wisdom Teeth Pain: A Quick Introduction

The pain from the wisdom teeth actually occurs once those molars start erupting through the gum. Some of the main causes behind the wisdom teeth pains may include some of the factors as mentioned below:

 

  • Impaction: The space is not great enough for the tooth to erupt into the mouth, and it just stays trapped in the gum or the bone.
  • Infection: Bacteria hiding next to an impacted partly erupted tooth brings infection and pain.
  • Decay: Wisdom teeth do not cover all surfaces to be cleaned out; hence, they open to cavities on their surfaces
  • Gum Disease: The eruption of your wisdom teeth may also lead to an inflammation or disease in your gums.

Home Remedies For Relieving Pain Of Wisdom Teeth

 

1. Saltwater Rinse

Among the best home remedies for wisdom teeth is the simple saltwater rinse. Salt has some bacteriostatic properties that might prove helpful in reducing inflammation and infection.


How to Use

  • Dissolve one teaspoon of salt in glassful of warm water
  • Rinse mouth for 30 seconds
  • Spit it out and repeat three times a day as needed

2. Ice Pack

Apply ice to the affected area. That may well dampen the pain, besides reducing swelling.


How to Apply

  • Put an ice pack or a bag of frozen vegetables in a towel.
  • Apply 15-20 minutes of application directly on the outside of the cheek especially to the painful area.
  • Take as needed throughout the day.

3. Clove Oil

This clove oil contains a natural aesthetic and antibacterial eugenic that could perhaps, to some limits, bring some natural respite from the discomfort those results from the symptom of the wisdom teeth.


How to Use

  • Soak a cotton ball with clove oil.
  • Apply lightly over the affected area.
  • Or insert a whole clove next to your cheek and the painful tooth.
  • Leave it there for some time.

4. Peppermint

Peppermint has some analgesic and cooling features that help in easing the pain inside the mouth.


How to Use

  • Dab peppermint oil directly on the aching area using a cotton swab.
  • You can even prepare peppermint tea, cool it and use it as a mouthwash.

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5. Tea Bags

  • Tea bags, specifically black tea consists of tannins that may reduce the redness, infection etc.
  • How to Use
  • Steep a tea bag in hot water for few minutes. Let it cool down .
  • Soak the cooled tea bag on the affected area for 20 minutes.

6. Garlic

Garlic is antibacterial and anti-inflammatory and can even ease the pain due to the infected wisdom teeth.


How to Use

  • Crush a clove of garlic to a paste .
  • Apply the paste directly on the affected area.
  • Or chew slowly a clove of garlic

7. Onion 

Due to their antibacterial properties, onions can relieve toothaches through removing oral bacteria.


How to Use

  • Chop a small onion.
  • Take it and insert it on the painful area in the mouth, then chew softly so as to squeeze out its juice.

8. Turmeric

Turmeric both has anti-inflammatory and pain relief properties. It has so far been useful only in the healing stage of the painful and sore area of the erupting wisdom teeth .


How to Apply

  • Take the turmeric powder and mix it with a little water to create the paste
  • Apply the paste directly to the sore area.
  • Turmeric powder mixed with honey to be applied to the affected area

9. Baking Soda Paste

Baking soda is the anti-inflammatory agent for rectifying the pain.


How to Use 

  • Mix equal proportions of baking soda in water.
  • Then simply put thick paste right on the aching tooth and gum.

10. Hydrogen Peroxide Mouthwash

Hydrogen peroxide controls antimicrobial action and helps in anti-inflammatory activity.


How To Use

  • Mix equal amounts of water.
  • Swish in your mouth for about 30 seconds, then spit it out and rinse with water.

Additional Tips during the Period of Managing Wisdom Tooth Pain

 

  • Clean Mouth: It probably can prevent infections. Brush and floss your teeth correctly; and an antiseptic mouthwash may also come very handy for you.
  • Hydration: Take as much water as possible that may help to flush out the bacteria in the mouth and may offer moisture to the mucous membrane.
  • Avoid Irritants: Do not take very hot, cold, sweet, or sour food and liquids as they would intensify the pain.
  • Over-The-Counter Pain Medications: You might be prescribed ibuprofen or acetaminophen so that the pain and swelling can become bearable.

When to See a Dentist

Regardless of the home remedies you try, seek a dentist if you experience any of these more serious symptoms and they are not alleviated by home care: 

You can feel pain, swelling, or that your jaw is aching and cannot be opened so you cannot get food past your tooth; it hurts to swallow; hurts to breathe; fever

All of them are symptoms of serious conditions that must be treated. Your dentist may prescribe you antibiotics, scale, or extricate the wisdom teeth.

 

Conclusion

Among such dreadful conditions that accompany 'pain', there are several home remedies that might work for some time to relieve from this painful feeling. Simple home remedies are things like a salty water rinse, application of cloves and garlic, etc. that give comfort for the time being. You chase after symptoms for days that are worse or take some time then you visit a professional in the person of a dentist. These home remedies, with proper oral hygiene, will see you through to tolerating the pain of your wisdom teeth' rising until you have managed to see a dentist.


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