Treatment of teeth and gums with folk remedies at home: methods of getting rid of pain and inflammation
About what folk methods of dental treatment are used most often, described in this material. Typically, home remedies for dental treatment are used as an adjunct to dental care. You need to understand that if the tooth pulp is inflamed, then no decoctions and lotions will help, and purulent periostitis of the jaw may develop. Therefore, you should not rely only on alternative treatment of teeth and gums, if there is acute pain, then you should immediately consult a dentist. And after qualified medical care, you can apply alternative treatment for gums and teeth, which is described on this page. Read information about folk methods of dental treatment, arm yourself with this knowledge and provide quality assistance to yourself and loved ones to get rid of pain and inflammation.
Treatment of gum inflammation with folk remedies
Stomatitis is a collective name for inflammatory diseases of the oral mucosa, which are diverse in terms of occurrence and clinical manifestations.
The causes of stomatitis can be damage of a different nature, beriberi, diabetes mellitus, diseases of the cardiovascular, nervous and hematopoietic systems, digestive organs; the presence of acute and chronic infections, intoxications; infection with parasitic fungi. Folk treatment of gum inflammation in this disease can be carried out with the help of rinsing with herbal decoctions.
The factors causing traumatic stomatitis are the deposition of tartar, the destruction of carious teeth, improperly made dentures, fillings; foreign objects, burns from hot food, etc.
Parodontosis is a systemic lesion of the periodontal tissue, which is manifested by progressive atrophy of the alveolar processes (tooth cells).
Symptoms of the initial stages of periodontitis are bleeding gums, viscous saliva, plaque on the teeth in the morning. With the active course of periodontal disease, teeth fall out due to rapid atrophy of the alveolar processes. More diverse clinical manifestations in complicated forms of periodontal disease; inflammation of the gums, purulent discharge from periodontal pockets, bad breath, pathological tooth mobility, their displacement. Often abscesses and fistulas on the gums, enlargement and soreness of the submandibular lymph nodes. Complicated forms of periodontal disease may be accompanied by microbial allergies. At the same time, inflammation of the gums can be treated with folk remedies only after consultation with a dentist.
Gingivitis is a gum disease that has an inflammatory, dystrophic and other character. It can develop when the gum tissue is exposed to unfavorable external factors (intoxication with lead, manganese, bismuth, etc.), as well as be a manifestation of impaired local or general reactivity of the body.
Scurvy develops in the absence of vitamin C (ascorbic acid). The first signs of the disease are swelling and bleeding of the gums. Treatment of gums with folk remedies for scurvy includes the enrichment of the diet with foods containing vitamin C.
Alternative treatment if a tooth hurts
Toothache is a sensation of pain localized in the teeth. The most common signs of oral diseases are the presence of tartar, yellowing of tooth enamel, loosening and bleeding of the gums, food particles stuck in the resulting cavities, etc. All this requires treatment, since it can cause toothache and dental caries: a completely untreated dental pathology, in turn, can cause diseases of the digestive system. If a tooth hurts, alternative treatment will only temporarily reduce the intensity of discomfort. You can't do without a dentist.
With untimely or insufficiently effective treatment of caries, microorganisms penetrate beyond the tooth, resulting in the development of periodontitis. Chronic periodontitis is usually asymptomatic; sometimes aching pains are felt, which spontaneously stop for a long time.
Recipes for the treatment of diseases of the teeth and oral cavity
The action of drugs in the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity, such as gingivitis, stomatitis, periodontal disease, is enhanced by natural bee honey: it must be kept in the mouth as long as possible. Bee honey is a product of active antimicrobial activity that promotes oral disinfection.
Oregano herb tincture
5 tablespoons of oregano herb insist in a dark and warm place for 1 month in 500 ml of vodka. Used for rinsing with sore throat, periodontal disease and stomatitis.
Treatment of gums with folk remedies at home
For the treatment of gums with folk remedies at home, extracts of common viburnum and knotweed are often used. Read on to learn how to prepare a tincture based on them.
Extract of the bark of viburnum vulgaris.
The drug is prepared from a large powder of viburnum bark in 50 ° alcohol in a ratio of raw materials and alcohol 1: 10. Used for rinsing with inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity, as well as with tonsillitis.
Knotweed extract.
Alcoholic extract of mountaineer kidney (1:5) is used for gargling with sore throat, for the treatment of difficult-to-heal wounds, with inflammation of the oral cavity.
Treatment of gums with periodontitis folk remedies
For effective treatment of gums with periodontitis, folk remedies most often use propolis and its products. Further, folk methods for treating gums with propolis tincture are proposed – it is told how to prepare the tincture and apply it.
Propolis tincture.
- 10 g of finely chopped propolis is poured into 30-40 ml of 96% alcohol, left for 2 days in a dark place (periodically shaking). On the third day, the solution is added with water to 100 ml, filtered and used for rinsing (5-10 ml of propolis tincture is taken for 1/2 cup of warm water) for stomatitis.
- For toothache, 2-4% propolis tincture is used: 40 g of crushed propolis is poured into a glass bottle with 100 ml of 70% ethyl alcohol, infused for 7-10 days, shaking occasionally, filtered, allowed to settle, the liquid phase is poured into another dish, by adding alcohol to it, is brought to a 40% concentration and used for medicinal purposes (small cotton swabs moistened with tincture are applied to the sore spot).
- When removing teeth (especially their roots), a 10% alcohol solution of propolis is used (rubbed into the gums for several minutes). Pain relief lasts 10-15 minutes.
Propolis tincture with St. John's wort.
25 g of propolis are crushed to grains of no more than 0.4 ml and pour 100 ml of alcohol into a dark glass bottle, mix well, add 50 g of dry crushed St. John's wort leaves and infuse for 15 days, shaking occasionally. Then filtered and used for rinsing 4-5 times a day (20-30 drops of tincture per 100 ml of water) for stomatitis.