Dental Issues and Homeopathy

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Homeopathic Remedies For Abscess or Gum Infections

• Belladonna - for early dental abscess accompanied by redness and throbbing.
• Bryonia - for acute inflammation or if pricking pain is relieved by firm pressure.
• Hepar Sulphur - for abscess accompanied by pus formation.
• Myristica - when swelling is accompanied by numbness of the area.
• Pulsatilla - when the pain is accentuated by heat and relieved by cold water.
• Pyrogenium - Use when pus is present without drainage.
• Silicea - Use to hasten the discharge when pus is draining.

Homeopathic Remedies For Aching Teeth - Toothache

• Antimonium crudum - for a toothache that is worse at night and is aggravated by heat.
• Aranea diadema - for sudden, severe pain in the teeth after lying down.
• Belladonna - for throbbing tooth that's worse when pressure is applied.
• Calcarea carbonica - for a toothache that worsens when exposed to hot or cold air.
• Chamomilla - for a toothache with intolerable pain that's worse from warmth and not better with cold.
• Coffea cruda - for toothache that worsens with heat and is relieved by ice.
• Ferrum metallicum - for a toothache that is relieved by ice water.
• Hypericum - for shooting pains, nerve pains.
• Magnesia carbonica - for a toothache that is worse at night, Patient must get up and walk about for relief.
• Magnesia phosphorica - for a toothache that is worse from cold and better from warmth.
• Plantago major - for a toothache that is better with pressure and worse without cold air.
• Pulsatilla - for a toothache that is relieved by holding cold water in the mouth.
• Silicea - for toothache from abscess of the root of teeth. T remedy for toothache caused due  of pus in the root of teeth. Silicea also provides relief from swollen gums and cheeks that are some common symptoms of abscess formation.
• Staphysagria - for pain from major decay of a number of teeth.

Homeopathic Remedies For Anxiety Before Dental Work

• Aconite - for panic, fright, and general mental and physical restlessness, or sudden violent attacks.
• Calcarea carbonica - for the fearful, weary, and hopeless person who worries toward evening.
• Coffea cruda  - works well as a tranquilizer for very nervous people, who are worse from coffee.
• Chamomilla - as a tranquilizing action for restful sleep. Also raises low pain threshold.
• Nux vomica - for many high strung, nervous, irritable people with stomach problems.
• Pulsatilla - for states of anxiety.

Homeopathic Remedies For Bleeding - Excessive

• Arnica - for bleeding accompanied by bruised soreness.
• Ferrum phosphoricum - Use when there is bright red bleeding.
• Phosphorus - for persistent bleeding.

Homeopathic Remedies For Children: Teething - read more here

• Calcarea carbonica - for a delayed eruption in teething children
• Chamomilla - for difficult teething.
• Zincum metallicum - for teeth gritting during difficult eruption and associated with loose teeth and bleeding gums.

Homeopathic Remedies For Gingivitis

• Arsenicum album - for unhealthy, bleeding gums.
• China officinalis - for gum tissue that is bleeding.
• Ferrum phosphoricum - for poor gum tone or gums that bleed after brushing.
• Hepar sulphuris - for tissue with suppuration, chronic abscesses.
• Hypericum  - for tender gum tissue and to promote healing.
• Kali chloricum - for acute ulcerative tissue.
• Mercurius solubilis - for acute ulcerative tissue with a coated tongue and metallic taste in the mouth.
• Natrum muriaticum - for tissue integrity.
• Nux vomica - for swollen painful gums when the back of the tongue has a whitish coating and when the person consumes a lot of stimulants such as coffee and tea.
• Phosphorus - for swollen gums that bleed easily, and when there's an overproduction of saliva.
• Ruta graveolens - for injured bone and alveolitis ("dry socket").
• Silicea - for periodontal abscess with swollen glands.
• Staphysagria - for oose teeth, pain increased by pressure.
• Symphytum offincale - for injuries to periosteum. Stimulates growth of epithelium on ulcerated surfaces.

Homeopathic Remedies For Grinding Teeth (Bruxism)

• Belladonna - for grinding problem that causes painful teeth.
• Podophyllum - for night grinding when experiencing a burning sensation of the tongue.
• Tuberculinum - for hyperactive children who grind their teeth.

Homeopathic Remedies For Neuralgia

• Aconite - trigeminal neuralgia
• Aranea diadema - for radiating pain in the right side of the face that is aggravated by cold. Also for sudden, severe pain in the teeth at night after lying down.
• Cuprum metallicum - for cramping of muscles.
• Gelsemium - to relieve headache and pain of the upper back and neck, which extends over the head and for dizziness and numbness.
• Ignatia - for headache as if a nail were driven through the side of the head.
• Lachesis - for left-sided complaints
• Lycopodium - for right-sided complaints
• Magnesia phosphorica- for spasmodic pains made worse by cold water and made better by heat and rubbing.
• Sanguinaria - right-sided neuralgia-facial migraine.
• Spigelia - for pain involving the eye, cheek, and left temple areas.
• Zincum phosphoricum - Sharp pains on right side of head.
• Zincum valerian - Sharp pains on left side of head.

Homeopathic Remedies For Post Dental/Surgical Recovery

• Apis mellifica - good for post-injection soreness after dental work.
• Calendula - prevents infection after dental work or extractions, etc.
• Chamomilla - give one hour prior to dental appointment for patients with a low pain threshold. It also expedites the wearing off of the numbness following the dental appointment.
• Hypericum - Use where there is an injured nerve.
• Ledum - for puncture wounds and soreness resulting from a dental injection.
• Magnesia phosphorica - for stiff, sore jaws following prolonged dental work when the muscles are cramped and feel better with warmth.
• Staphysagria - for incision-type wounds after soft tissue surgery.
• Symphytum offincale - for trauma of bone and periosteum.

Homeopathic Remedies For Salivation - Too Much

• Baryta carbonica - for excessive saliva during sleep.
• Bryonia alba - for an extremely dry mouth, with dryness of mucous membranes and great thirst, motion aggravates
• Phosphorus - for hypersalivation and when gums are swollen and bleed easily.
• Pulsatilla - for diminished saliva with no thirst.

Homeopathic Remedies For TMG  Temporormandibular Joint - see also TMJ page

• Arum triphyllum - for pain in joint on swallowing.
• Calcarea flourica - for hypermobile joints
• Calcarea phosphorica - use when mouth cannot be opened without pain.
• Carbo vegetabilis - for vertigo with nausea and tinnitus.
• Chamomilla - for low pain threshold. Unbearable spasms of pain radiating into the ear.
• Cuprum metallicum - for trismus of muscles.
• Granatum - for painful cracking of the joint.
• Magnesium phosphorica - for muscle spasms.
• Phytolacca decanda - for earaches with pain extending into teeth, jaw, and throat.
• Rhus toxicodendron - for joint stiffness that improves with movement and for popping" of TMJ.

Homeopathic Remedies For Ulcerations in the Mouth

• Natrum muriaticum - for cold sores and fever blisters. Lips and corners of mouth dry and cracked lips.
• Nitricum acidum - for ulcers with irregular edges and a raw appearance with a tendency to bleed easily.

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