Second for salt - so strong it sucks all the moisture out of your mouth… it works on infection - it doesn’t work on nerve pain - but nothing works on nerve pain. Lavender oil mixed in with water is also effective - salt is vile - Lavender is ermmmm - lets just say the taste lasts.
After dental surgery I was told to use hot salty mouthwashes to promote healing
On one of our house hunting visits (many years ago) my husband suddenly developed a raging toothache. A pharmacist told us to go to the nearest doctor to get a prescription for antibiotics. The Dr said it was possibly an abscess, and did not hesitate in giving the prescription.
I hope you get treatment soon!
You can get lidocaine spray in the pharmacist which will at least help with the pain. Expensive but worth every centime I found. X
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I was about to start a course of dental treatment five weeks ago,all was postponed because of CV.
I had a call to say the dentist is starting again after May 11th. The first RDV is just to take impressions so I agreed to go. Because the rest of the treatment involves root canals etc I explained that I am very concerned. I will tell the dentist I am scared 
Am I worrying unnecessarily 
I’m scared to death of dentists… full stop. Of course you are not worrying unnecessarily… talk things through with your Dentist and if you are still worried… let it wait…
My UK dentist is rebooking appointments in September,they will bring them forward if the official advice changes
It is not uncommon to be scared. But if the treatment involves a root canal treatment it means that there is infection in your tooth.
If you google root canal treatment there are several sites which explain the procedure really well.
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OH had root canal treatment just before the lockdown. It was too difficult for her dentist so she was sent to a specialist. 2hrs in the chair with procedure carried out under a microscope. No pain whatsoever and excellent result. I was probably more worried than she was!
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If it needs doing it needs doing.
If there is an infection in your mouth it needs treatment.
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I am having no problems (pain) the root canals are being"done" prior to the treatment. I will be in the chair for three hours!
The pre-rdv information they have sent to me list an at risk group, the first two,age and hypertension apply to me, plus my husband is at higher risk!
Strange, this is the first time I have actually become scared of this terrible virus!
Take your time. If you can wait… then I would advise you to consider doing so… or at least to discuss with your Dentist/doctor/whoever…
11 May is not the end of confinement… not the end of worry…
It is the beginning of living, step by step… with the virus …and whatever that entails…
It’s a learning curve for all of us…
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Talk to Dentist… But do bear in mind that all medical personnel are also very cautious about this virus; they don’t want to get it any more than you do and their job means that they have to see people up close. So they will be extra, extra careful. But they have to work to earn their living. My dentist is a clean freak anyway - shoes outside door, clean mouth before you enter surgery, face visors and masks are all been standard for him, so heaven knows what extra he’ll do! It may well be that they are also being tested.
What you really don’t want is to let anything get out of control and end up with an infections needing hospital treatment. But talk to dentist…
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Keeping your shoes on protects yourself from what is on other peoples feet.
I don’t want to go to the dentist and pick up a veruca.
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Where are your teeth?
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Perhaps it is to avoid you putting your foot in your mouth?
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He provides disinfected crocs in all sizes, or overshoe protectors - aux choix.
I’ve seen two dentists in two days (don’t ask). The protocol : You arrive 10 mins early for the appointment, enter the sas wearing a mask and stop there, where you find a charlotte and fabric overshoes to put on and a plastic bag for stuff). When invited through the next door, you enter, your temperature is taken, you leave the bag at reception, enter the loo, wash your hands with soap, use prepared mouthwash, throw cup and napkin into a bin. You emerge and use hand gel. Knobs etc are cleaned between clients. You take your bag to the waiting room (seats marked to limit space to only two clients 2m apart) and the surgery. Mask off, of course, for the dental work (dentist and assistant wearing appropriate masks). Mask back on to pay, make further appts etc… Receptionists are behind screens. Surgery surfaces cleaned before next client. You leave via a second sas, after putting the charlotte, overshoes and plastic bag in the bin. Hand gel on way out (second entrance).
It all sounds long-winded but it’s easy enough as well as reassuring.
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I was sent this video by my dentist prior to my appointment to explain the procedure:
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Good idea right at the end there… using a cotton bud for punching in your pin code (if not using contactless). Hadn’t thought of that (supermarkets etc).
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