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• Gargle with warm water or warm water mixed with salt, each time after food or after brushing every night.

• Apply a little alcohol or clove oil or nutmeg oil to the effected tooth or area.

• When there is pain, take a piece of ice and press it against the skin between your thumb and forefinger.

• If you have severe pain, keep a piece of ice inside the mouth between the tooth and the cheeks for 15 minutes. Repeat four times a day.

• Have lots of milk and leafy vegetables and calcium. Avoid sweet, sour and cold things which causes tooth decay.

• When you have pain , never apply heat on your cheeks. If you are having an infection of the tooth applying heat will aggravate it.

Proper posture while sitting - keep your head up straight and rest your back on the chair.

• Avoid continuously sitting for a long time, walk about in between.

• While lifting heavy things do not bend your back. Sit down with your knees bend, keep the heavy object close to your body while lifting.

• Sleeping on a hard bed and lying on your back is good for the neck and back. Avoid sleeping on your stomach.

• When you have neck pain avoid pillows while lying on the bed.

• When there is swelling or pain in the neck applying heat on the neck helps.

• Relax. Tension causes pressure on the neck muscles which leads to pain.