The best effective home remedies for your child’s toothache

A toothache is hard for adults to bear and for children it can be a severe discomfort. Children have very low tolerance to tooth pain and thus whenever they face such troubles, it usually causes a lot od distress for the kids as well as the parents. A toothache can be the most severe pain many people experience during their life and when it is a child facing this pain, it must be attended to by the best help possible or at disposal.        

While there is no alternative to professional remedies for toothache or solutions for oral health concerns as offered by a children dentist, in many cases the best immediate response to your child’s dental health issues be it toothache or oral injury comes at home.    

Parents are the first and immediate responders to the children’s toothache problems and if immediate professional dental assistance isn’t at disposal, then it becomes imperative to have a know-how of the best effective home remedies for your child’s toothache problems.         

The top home remedies you need to follow to cure your kid’s toothache             

Diligent dental care and regular preventive measures can spare your kid of all the risks or vulnerabilities of a toothache. While alleviating all the root causes of a toothache is the best approach to follow, children and their infinite yearning for sweets often face dental health issues and develop cavities which lead to toothache.     

Stated hereunder are the best effective remedies against toothaches that you can apply if your child faces any such discomfort -                

§  Apply an ice pack     

Cold compress on the affected area with an ice pack or a towel filled with ice cubes can be an effective remedy to serve instant pain relief for your child’s toothache. This practise numbs the areas and thus offers a temporary loss of sensation resulting in reduced intensity of the toothache.            

§  Rinsing with salt water     

Salt is a natural antiseptic and a healing agent. It also possesses disinfectant properties. Gargling warm water with salt can help dislodge any stuck food particles in the teeth thus relieve the delayed part from further pain. You can ix some table salt in warm water and let your kid gargle for a few minutes to help chieve instant relief from the toothache.       

§  Instant pain relief medication       

The counters are full of pain relief medication and many can be availed without prescription. These ca help numb the pain in your child’s tooth. You must always recommend a doctor before offering any such medication to your child. You must follow the recommended pain killer medicine dosage as prescribed by your child’s paediatrician.        

§  Use vanilla extract   

This muight sound silly but vanilla extract can prove effective in helping relieve your children of toothaches. Vanilla extract is an anti-inflammatory agent and has a small alcohol content which aids in its preservation. Dabbing a clean earbud into vanilla extract and placing it on the affected tooth can help numb the pain to a subtle degree thus ensuring instant relief.      

§  Pain relief from tea bags    

A thing as simple as a normal tea bag can help effectively alleviate toothache in children. Placing a warm or a cold teabag directly on the affected tooth can be effective in ensuring pain relief. You can also apply it outside.          

Brighton East Dental Clinic offers dedicated services of an expert kids dentist who offers the right professional assistance in helping resolve the root cause of your child’s toothache and make him or her be free from all pain.