What are the emergency treatments for acute pulpitis?

If you do not develop good oral hygiene habits, you may accidentally suffer from acute pulpitis. Toothache can be really terrible. In addition to losing your appetite, it may also cause redness and swelling of the face. So when you have acute pulpitis, the first thing you think of is to relieve the pain. Acute pulpitis develops quickly, so some emergency treatment methods are needed. So what are the emergency measures for acute pulpitis?

The disease occurs mainly due to the infection of the patient's dental pulp. During the acute onset of the disease, if the patient cannot go to the hospital for treatment immediately, he can prepare or buy some analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs to take orally, which can temporarily relieve the pain.

(1) Open pulp drainage:

When acute pulpitis occurs, the pain is very severe and the pulp cavity needs to be penetrated, that is, pulp drainage, to eliminate the pain.

(2) Local analgesic drugs:

Dip a cotton ball in a medicine containing camphor phenol or eugenol and place the cotton ball in the hole to achieve an analgesic effect.

(3) Oral analgesia:

Oral analgesics can relieve the pain of acute pulpitis. However, the effect of using it alone is not very good. It can only relieve the pain at the time but cannot completely cure it.

(4) White wine with salt

Add appropriate amount of white wine and salt, mix well, then dip a cotton ball in it. Place the cotton ball on the affected area and bite it. Take it out after a few minutes and repeat several times.

(5) Edible pepper

Place a whole edible Sichuan peppercorn on the site of tooth decay and bite it, or hold it in the affected area to relieve the pain of pulpitis.

(6) Massage the Hegu acupoint

One of the emergency treatments for acute pulpitis is to massage the Hegu acupoint to relieve pain.

(7) Gargle with salt water

Cleaning is very important for pulpitis. When you feel pain, you can rinse your mouth with salt water, which can clean your mouth and relieve pain.

The above are some simple treatment methods for acute pulpitis pain relief that the editor has learned. Patients who encounter this disease can use the above methods to alleviate the symptoms of toothache. As long as we pay attention to oral hygiene in our daily lives, such problems will not occur. When you encounter this disease, don't panic blindly. It is important to choose the right method. In daily life, don’t forget to take care of your personal hygiene and oral hygiene.