How to deal with swollen teeth

Swelling around the teeth is usually caused by gingivitis. Due to the inflammation, the gums become swollen and painful. This is related to not paying attention to oral hygiene, excessive liver fire, etc. When the gums are swollen, you can rinse your mouth with warm water or warm salt water. In addition, you should pay attention to your diet and try to eat less raw, cold, stimulating, overly sour and sweet foods.

How to deal with swollen teeth

The weather is cold in winter, and teeth are prone to allergic and soreness, especially for middle-aged and elderly people with worn teeth and wedge-shaped defects in the neck of the teeth. Eating sweet and sour foods such as apples, grapes, oranges and candies will cause toothache. Some people are so painful that they dare not eat. To deal with this kind of allergic toothache, you can use the following methods to prevent and treat it:

1. Brush your teeth with warm water and rinse your mouth with warm tea:

Because the dental pulp nerves are sensitive to temperature, especially for teeth with worn teeth and exposed dentin, cold stimulation can cause toothache. Warm water is a natural protective agent for teeth and can prevent and treat allergic toothache. Tea contains fluoride, and gargling with warm tea regularly can protect teeth, prevent caries and treat toothache.

2. Eat warm food

Do not eat foods that are too sour or too sweet, because teeth are best metabolized in an oral temperature of 35℃-36℃ and a weakly acidic environment with a pH of around 6.8. Eating foods that are too cold or too hot, with a large temperature difference, or irritating foods that are too sour or too sweet, will cause toothache.

3. Brush your teeth regularly with desensitizing or acid-resistant toothpaste.

Both of these toothpastes contain fluoride, which can prevent teeth from dephosphorizing and decalcifying in an acidic environment, and has the effects of anti-acid, anti-aging, and relieving pain.

4. Rub garlic to relieve pain:

For those with severely worn teeth and clear painful areas, you can rub the sensitive areas repeatedly with raw garlic, 1-2 times a day, 1-2 minutes each time. After 1-2 weeks, the pain will be significantly reduced or disappear.

5. If you have toothache after eating acidic foods such as vinegar, yogurt or sour fruits, you can put walnut kernels in your mouth and chew them. Because walnut kernels are alkaline foods, chewing them slowly can neutralize the acidic substances on the tooth surface, so the teeth will not ache.

Pay attention to oral hygiene, brush your teeth and rinse your mouth frequently; tap your teeth for 10 minutes each morning and evening; treat your teeth well, do not bite anything too hard, and avoid damaging your teeth and gums; if you have any problems with your teeth, go to a regular medical institution for diagnosis and treatment in time.