How to Deal with Tooth Pain While Waiting for Your Appointment

If you’re suffering from tooth pain it can severely impact your ability to go through your normal life, from difficult tasks at work to helping your children at home. Whether you’re dealing with pain from a cracked tooth or swollen gums, waiting for your appointment with the dentist in Bakersfield can be a painful challenge. Remember to tell your dentist about the pain you’re feeling to see if you can get an earlier appointment. In the meantime, you can try these pain avoidance measures:

• Cold pack. If your gums are swollen an ice pack to the cheek can make you feel a lot better.
• Over the counter pain meds. Only take the medication as directed on the packaging.
• Distract yourself. Sometimes keeping your mind off your pain, with TV or housework, can be enough to dull it.
• Tea! Peppermint tea has healing qualities that can often reduce the swelling around the area where you’re feeling pain. And an additional perk is that it can also calm your nerves while you wait for your dental appointment.

At Kern Dental Specialties, we are experts at handling dental issues with care and non-invasive procedures that are designed to rid you of the root of your pesky, or worse than pesky, tooth pain. If you’re in need of toothache treatment, sedation dentistry in Bakersfield  or other help, call us today.