UNUSUAL METHOD TO RELIEF DENTAL PAIN

Toothache is the great complaint for dental care. Generally, the patient postpones around 7 days, awaiting remission of pain, using medications and/or alternative resources. Difficulties of public access to treatment, financial issues, fear, and dental anxiety are frequently cited. There are reports of the use of alternative products found in the domestic environment to solve them, such as alcohol, toothpaste, and some foods like garlic and cloves among others. A 41-year-old woman, V.S.F., presented to attendance with toothache for 5 days, and as pain increased, in addition to analgesics, she applied 90 g (1 tube) of toothpaste over the region. It had a white plaque in the posterior region of the right oral mucosa and mucobuccal fold in the region 43 to 47. Attention was given to toothache 44 and orientation of palliative care in relation of oral mucosa lesion caused by chemical burn until remission of the process.