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Tea Bag for Tooth Abscess

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Tooth Hurty (Uk) on 09/17/2018:
5 out of 5 stars

You are all wonderful WONDERFUL people!!! I have had a bad tooth for a couple of weeks and have managed to contain it with painkillers and clove oil. But yesterday it erupted and today has been unbearable. Every time anything touched my tooth it was like a red hot poker.... I visited this site earlier and tried the teabag treatment... I am in heaven! I haven't seen any pus come out, but my tooth is merely slightly uncomfortable - I will try it again later this evening just to make sure, but all I did was dampen an ordinary teabag and roll it up and bite on it.... I suddenly realised that biting didn't hurt. At lunchtime I could only eat my sandwich by taking a mouthful of water with each bite of sandwich so it went to a mush I could swallow.... at teatime (I'm in the UK) I was happily able to chew on the poorly side. My headache has gone... I don't feel sick... my cheek is normal size... my head doesn't feel like it will explode!! I honestly can't believe the results from this! Thankyou all so much for your comments - you really are amazing!!!

Karen (Smithsburg Md) on 04/13/2018:
5 out of 5 stars

I've used a warm, wet black tea bag on an abscess MANY times within the past few years & its worked everytime. This is a life saver!! I had braces for 9 years straight after my dental office closed & no other dentist would touch another docs work. It completely ruined my teeth. When I was finally able to take my braces off, my teeth litteraly crumbled into pieces. I've gotten my top teeth replaced but not the bottoms yet. I get an abscess about every month. This is the only thing that's actually helped me!!

Don D. (North Carolina) on 02/12/2018:
5 out of 5 stars

What do you think pus is... it's infection. Using a warm teabag is best. It helps draw the infection to the surface and helps soften the tissue so it will rupture. I was without dental insurance for a year or two because the company I worked for was so small they didn't offer insurance. This is a life saver, literally. Had a friend almost die because of an abscess. As long as it ruptures above the skin/gum you should be fine. Just try not to push on it or anything unless u can see a white head at the surface, in that case you can lance it and the relief will be instant.... good luck.

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Sharon (Sheffield, Uk) on 01/30/2018:
5 out of 5 stars

Was googling natural remedies for tooth abscess, discovered this site thank you thank you,

After being in pain from Friday till Sunday night, painkillers weren't helping much at all, I was in agony non stop throbbing in gum, did the wet tea bag and the pain relief was immense, the swelling went down and the pain stayed away till I managed to get to the dentist for treatment, thank you

Joni (New Jersy) on 01/24/2018:
1 out of 5 stars

Does it hurt at first? Cause mine is killing me with the tea bag on.

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Heather (Ontario) on 09/05/2017:
5 out of 5 stars

I found your page while frantically searching for a quick natural remedy for my abscessed tooth. I used the tea bag remedy and it worked. AMAZING!

Kate (Scotland) on 07/22/2017:
5 out of 5 stars

I had a large tooth abscess which was getting larger very quickly, causing swelling to my face and a lot of discomfort. I tried gargling salt water a few times which slightly helped but then the abscess would grow more. I read about the black teabag trick and applied a warm teabag to the abscess for around 15 minutes. During this time I pressed and squeezed the bag against my sore gum.

To my complete shock when I removed the teabag it was covered in blood and pus which it had extracted from my mouth. The abscess was totally drained, swelling reduced quickly and next day the absess was completely gone.

I did not require any other treatment at all- literally 15 mins of he teabag had cured my abscess. Please please try this if you have a similar problem, I can recommend highly enough. Natural remedy are the best! :)

Channy 34 (Pa) on 02/26/2017:
5 out of 5 stars

Had a really big abscess, and HAD to go to the ER because I was in so much pain and so swollen I looked like a bullfrog. Anyway, they put me on strong I.v. antibiotics and painkillers immediately and sent me up to get an x-ray done. Doctor looked at them and said that thing is like the size of a golf ball, but it's more a job for a dentist than us. Then she whispered to put a black tea bag on it when I got home....

Got home, dampened down a black tea bag, and put it around my tooth for about 20 mins. Got mad that it wasn't working (lol, ) and took it out. 5 minutes later my mouth erupted in abscess liquid disgustingness! It was the worst thing I've ever tasted, and I was spitting that stuff out for, it seems like, forever, but holy cow does it work.

Logan (Us) on 01/30/2017:
4 out of 5 stars

Warm tea bag pulled some of the infection... Still painful but released the infection pressure.... Broken tooth exposed nerve.. Not in position to pay for a dentist... I have chronic epilepsy also and that's part of reason for broken teeth... Thank u for this remedy... My wife told me about it and I thought no way this will work but I have to give props to her, she was right.

Joe (Ralph) on 12/28/2016:
5 out of 5 stars

I've tried anything & everything to make the awful tooth pain to go away. I can handle pain pretty good, but toothache pain is another story! So, late this evening my mother ask me have I put a wet tea bag on it yet & I said no ma'am & kept put orajel max and other liquids similar on the affected area. I took 2-3 Otc meds to help ease the pain, & nothing.

So, about 2 hrs later I got get a wet tea bag & place it in my mouth around the tooth & after about 5 mins I notice the pain easing. After about 15 mins it was feeling a lot better. I left it on for another 15 mins for about 30 mins total!!! When I removed the teabag the swelling had gone way down and the pain was gone!

I fell asleep for about 4 hrs and woke up in a little pain and placed the teabag back on the area again. Once again in 5-7 mins I notice relief! I then repeat the same thing as before but this time leaving the teabag in my mouth and around the tooth for 45-50 mins! I noticed a little blood and puss this time on the teabag! So, this works!!! I taste a bit nasty but it's nothing compared to the pain I was in!!!

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