Home Remedies for Toothache Relief | Dr. Josh Axe

Today I’m going to talk to you about home remedies for toothaches. Toothaches can be painful whether you have a sore tooth or your baby is teething.

I have three top home remedies for overcoming toothaches fast. The first thing that is vital to alleviating your toothache is essential oils. The best essential oil you can use, according to medical literature, is clove oil because it has the highest amount of antioxidants in the entire world. For a teething baby, you may want to take equal amounts of clove oil and coconut oil and rub it on the gum area.

Secondly, sea salt is a great natural remedy for toothaches. If you take some sea salt and gargle it with water, making sure it swooshes around the painful area, it can help heal with it’s natural antibacterial properties.

Lastly, peppermint oil has menthol in it, which can help numb that painful area of your mouth. Reducing or eliminating excess sugar from your diet can also be effective when overcoming your toothache. If you really want to get rid of your toothache, I would recommend swooshing sea salt in your mouth, then rub a clove and peppermint oil mixture on the tooth.
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Dr. Josh Axe, DC, DNM, CNS, is a doctor of chiropractic, certified doctor of natural medicine and clinical nutritionist with a passion to help people eat healthy and live a healthy lifestyle.
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This content is strictly the opinion of Dr. Josh Axe and is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice or to take the place of medical advice or treatment from a personal physician. All viewers of this content are advised to consult their doctors or qualified health professionals regarding specific health questions. Neither Dr. Axe nor the publisher of this content takes responsibility for possible health consequences of any person or persons reading or following the information in this educational content. All viewers of this content, especially those taking prescription or over-the-counter medications, should consult their physicians before beginning any nutrition, supplement or lifestyle program.

[quickjack]

The nice part about toothache is when it goes away. Feels awesome to just feel normal again.

[bubzlifestarlight]

It's crazy how your teeth can cause such immense pain. I rather get my period then deal with a tooth ache.

[Armoredkore]

If you're watching this, you must be experiencing pain right now... like me. ouch!! X((

[ezz]

Everyone's talking so calmly in the videos and I'm sitting in pain 😭

[ryzyw]

who's watching this with a tooth ache and going like "GET TO THE POINT"
Cause I am and I'm suffering like hell rn

[Bowlovergirl]

Having a toothache makes me realize how I really take for granted when I was feeling good everyday.

[robertwright]

This pain is ridiculous the only thing that holding this pain in is me literally holding a ice pack on my mouth for hours.. this makes you appreciate a normal mouth much 😭

[haileymidgl]

I haven't had a toothache this bad in years. And I'm 6 months pregnant. Thankful for the safe and holistic advice!

[alexanderbaray]

I'm an amateur caring for toothaches. It feels like being hit in the face but the pain doesn't go away. I tried clove oil and at first, it worked but it's back! I've been on painkillers all day. Helps. Now I popped open a box of the Red Cross brand toothache relief. It seems to be numbing the area. I'm seeing the dentist in two days. Hope I can make it. :( Respect to anybody that can withstand this pain. It's epic.

[snowskidreamer]

Wow, I have awful tooth pain and have been using only clove. It was giving me very temporary relief. I added peppermint and sea salt rinse. This is the best I have felt in 60 hrs. I am about to repeat. Thanks. Tooth pain is the worst!

[chibivalentine]

What sucks the most is when the pain goes away for a little while ...and you enjoy that *BAM* comes right back feeling even worse!
I will try these tips.

[saliha.km]

I can't sleep when my tooth hurts . I used clove oil and slept all night without a problem. I slept for 10 hours

[valeriemarie]

Child labor was less painful then what I'm going through right now. For real. Debts cant see me for 3 more days..now I need to get some clove oil.

[borninthefuturelivinginthe]

Having a tooth ache is one of the worst pains, when you have one you realize how we take advantage of feeling normal.

[SlaySauce]

OMFG the gargling of saltWater worked so well. It hurt like crazy for like 4 seconds then straight numb love you love you love you marry me?

[RM-ljbv]

My toothache is going up the whole right side of my face and hurting my ear now and the whole of the right side of the inside of my mouth. Pure 10 out of 10 pain.

[shexbahoz]

It's so sad i see people suffering from pain, all the views have tooth problem :(

[fayehallahan]

just listening to this made my tooth better

[generalcaeser]

My 11 year old is dealing with a baby molar tooth that is nearly out but causing pain. I had no clove oil or Peppermint oil (Note to self to by some at the store next trip) but I did have sea salt. I mixed plenty of sea salt into a warm cup of water and she swished with it about a minute or so. She said "Hey Dad, it doesn't hurt any more and there is just one root left!" =) Update: Tooth out, rinsed with more salt water, happy kid, all is well.

[Robert-mece]

Just to contribute my experience: toothache (low level pain, 3 to 4 out of 10, from nerves) over the weekend, then Dentist found a small crack from the top biting area on Tuesday. She did the filling. Now (Thursday) pain still there, same level. My pain remedy: so far I found two ways to reduce the pain: 1) Keep a room temperature water in my mouth to cover the pain area. I found this is more effective than keep an ice pad on the side of my face. Can't explain why it works except to think that it help reduce the blood flow to the area and thus reduce pressure on the nerve. 2) Rather than taking the Tylenol, I make it into powder and apply to the pain area (try to avoid swallow too much drug). Hope this help others. I also have a worry: reducing the pain is good, but keep have this pain would it cause damage to the nerve? And thus cause complication in case if I need a root canal??