What to do if toothache medicine doesn't work

Toothache can be said to be a very common discomfort symptom in our lives. Generally speaking, we can relieve pain by taking anti-inflammatory drugs or analgesics. But it is not enough to just use drugs to achieve the desired effect. I believe many people have encountered a situation where taking medicine for toothache is ineffective. So, what should you do at this time? Generally speaking, we recommend that you go to the hospital for a check-up to see what causes the toothache, and then receive targeted treatment to relieve the pain.

Daily precautions for toothache

1. Reduce or eliminate pathogenic irritants: Reducing or eliminating plaque, changing the oral environment, and creating clean conditions are important links in preventing caries. The most practical and effective way is to brush your teeth and rinse your mouth. We should strengthen publicity and education to cultivate oral hygiene habits from an early age and learn the proper way to brush your teeth. Brushing your teeth can remove most of the bacteria in your mouth and reduce plaque formation. It is important to brush your teeth once in the morning and evening, rinse your mouth after meals, and brush before spitting. Because the interval time at night is long, bacteria can easily multiply, so you should brush in the order of "brush the upper teeth from top to bottom and the lower teeth from bottom to top" and "brush inside and outside". Also pay attention to brushing the biting surface of the back teeth, so that the food residues between the teeth and on the tooth surfaces can be cleaned. Rinse your mouth after brushing your teeth and do not brush horizontally. Brushing horizontally can easily damage the gums and fail to clean the residues in the teeth.

2. Eat more rough, hard and fibrous foods, which can clean the tooth surface by friction and reduce the accumulation of food debris. Hard foods need to be chewed thoroughly. It not only strengthens the periodontal tissue, but also rubs the biting surface of the teeth, which may make the pits and fissures shallower and help reduce pit and fissure caries.

3. Reduce or control sugar in the diet: my country is a country where cereals are the staple food. It is difficult to prevent tooth decay by controlling carbohydrates in the diet. However, in recent years, the consumption of sugary foods and various beverages has increased significantly, and we should pay attention to promoting and cultivating habits from an early age. Don't eat sweets before going to bed. You have to develop the habit of eating more vegetables, fruits, and foods rich in calcium, phosphorus, vitamins, etc. from an early age, and eat some coarse grains as much as possible. It is important to pay attention to breast-fed babies. Recently, the international community has advocated controlling carbohydrates in the diet and using sugar substitutes to reduce tooth decay. This is currently impractical and uneconomical in our country. Recently, it was reported that a certain sugar substitute commonly used in the United States is toxic and has attracted international attention.

To sum up: no matter what kind of difficult and complicated disease it is, as long as we have preventive measures and do not give it a chance to take advantage, we will not be troubled by illness. I hope the above methods can help everyone. Finally, thank you for reading!