Toothache - what to do? While waiting in line for an appointment at the dental office, you can use special pain-relieving drops - dentaguttal. This drug is created on a plant basis, therefore it is completely harmless to health. Special dental drops are also given to children when teething. How to use dentaguttal correctly, are there any contraindications for these drops? Let's look at the question in the article.
Description of dental drops
Dentaguttal is a solution of medicinal herbs with the addition of excipients. Drops are available in bottles of 5/10/30 ml. The medicine has a stormy hue with a red tint and is distinguished by the specific aroma of medicinal herbs.
The basic composition of the drug includes:
- valerian;
- camphor;
- peppermint.
Some pharmaceutical companies may add additional components to the basic composition of dental drops:
- glycerol;
- menthol;
- alcohol;
- healing herbs.
Camphor has a disinfectant and disinfectant effect on the affected area of the oral cavity and destroys various types of microbes. Valerian root extract soothes inflamed tissue and relieves pain.
Peppermint essential oil disinfects the source of the inflammatory process and stops the development of putrefactive processes. Due to the presence of medicinal herbs in the composition, dentaguttal can also be used to disinfect the oral cavity without toothache.
Some preparations of dental drops contain chemical medicinal components that have a therapeutic effect:
- thymol;
- phenyl salicylate;
- chloral hydrate.
The active medicinal formula of the listed substances relieves pain in the most advanced forms of pulpitis/caries. However, we should not forget: dentaguttal does not treat caries, it only temporarily eliminates pain.
Mode of application
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Instructions for use of the medication:
- To eliminate severe toothache, a cotton swab is moistened in the solution and applied to the painful area. After 15 minutes, the cotton wool is removed. To eliminate pain, 3 drops of the product are enough;
- if you are worried about inflamed gums, soak a cotton swab in the solution and treat the affected area;
- Rinsing with the drug helps relieve the inflammatory process. To do this, add 5 drops of the drug to a glass of water and rinse.
After you have treated the oral cavity, it is advisable not to drink or eat for 30 minutes
Application of Dentaguttal dental drops
How to take the product, in what volume? To relieve pain, you need to moisten a cotton swab in liquid and apply it to the tooth affected by pain. Three drops are enough to eliminate pain. After about 12-15 minutes, the tampon can be removed.
Dentaguttal instructions for use No. 2: moisten a cotton swab in the solution and lubricate the gums around the diseased tooth. With this method, it is not recommended to drink/eat for up to three hours, so as not to wash off the medicinal substance from the gums.
The third method of application is an aqueous solution of drops. To do this, dissolve the medicine in warm water and rinse your mouth. This method is suitable for pain relief with:
- stomatitis;
- gingivitis;
- gum damage;
- surgical intervention.
Also, the drug dentaguttal relieves pain during the growth of wisdom teeth.
In what cases is detaguttal prohibited for use? Since plant components have an active therapeutic effect on teeth and gums, there are no contraindications for use. However, the product cannot be used:
- people suffering from epilepsy;
- with a tendency to seizures;
- if you are allergic to the components of the drops.
Important! If after using dentaguttal drops allergy symptoms appear - rashes, itching, swelling of tissues - you should immediately rinse your mouth with clean water.
Indications
Dentaguttal dental drops are recommended for use for the following problems:
- for pulpitis;
- stomatitis;
- gingivitis;
- injuries to the oral mucosa;
- if a person has deep caries.
Important! The drug in question is indicated for the treatment of symptoms. As a result, it is powerless against the cause that provoked the disease.
Although Dentaguttal is very effective, it is not recommended to use it instead of visiting a dentist.
Drops for children
Can Dentaguttal be used for children? Children under 12 years of age should not be given alcohol tinctures, so choose a product without alcohol. For infants, there are special dental preparations that are taken orally:
- Fenistil;
- Dantinorm Baby.
Constant salivation in infants during teething does not allow the effective use of external medications. Fenistil, in addition to pain relief, eliminates swelling of the nasal mucosa. The medicinal solution is taken in the volume specified in the instructions.
Important! Abuse of drugs is dangerous for the baby's health.
Dantinorm Baby is popular among mothers. The product eliminates pain in babies, providing restful sleep and good mood for the child during the crucial period of teething. The advantage of Dantinorm Baby over other drugs is that the solution is packaged in containers. One container is used for one application - overdose is excluded.
Available contraindications
Like any other medication, Dentaguttal has a number of contraindications:
- It is not advisable to use this product for children under 12 years of age. However, in some cases, infants are allowed to use the drug during teething, but only after consultation with a pediatrician;
- The medication is contraindicated for people suffering from epileptic seizures;
- It is not recommended to use the product for persons who have an individual intolerance to one of the components.
Nursing and expectant mothers are allowed to use the drug only after consulting a doctor. If you are planning to start using this medication, check with your doctor to check for side effects.
Advantages and disadvantages
Dentaguttal reviews about the drug. Do drops help with pain or is it better to take a proven remedy - analgin? The advantages of dentaguttal include absolute harmlessness to the body. If, after taking aspirin, discomfort in the stomach is possible due to the aggressive effect of the chemical formula on the mucous membranes, then after using dental drops, only a slight burning sensation in the gums is possible.
Other advantages of the medicine include:
- low price of a domestic drug;
- dispensed without a prescription at the pharmacy.
The only disadvantage of the medicine is the strong smell of valerian, although this cannot be considered a disadvantage. Due to the strong aroma of valerian, it is recommended to hide the drops from domestic cats. However, some citizens complain of a strong burning sensation in the gums while taking drops. In this case, it is recommended to use other medications, for example, tablets.
Under some circumstances, side effects may occur after using the tincture. They usually occur due to violation of instructions - in case of overdose. The consequences of an overdose include:
- dizziness;
- attacks of nausea;
- headache;
- labored breathing;
- tremor of the limbs.
In severe cases, a state of shock may occur if there is intolerance to the components included in the medicine. Therefore, allergy sufferers are prohibited from using the drug Dentaguttal.
Sources used:
- “Outpatient surgical dentistry” (Bezrukov V.)
- Medicines in dentistry. Directory / L.N. Maksimovskaya, P.I. Roshchina. - M.: Medicine, 2001.
- Healthy teeth and gums / M.Sh. Mansagarian. - M.: Phoenix, 2006.
Instructions for use: medications and their generics (5)
Murzaeva Irina Yurievna
Endocrinologist, Preventive Medicine Doctor
June 5, 2015
Among the drugs used to treat thyroid dysfunction, the main group consists of hormonal drugs. Selecting them for farm. The Russian market, unfortunately, is not large. And in recent years it has also decreased.
Today I want to talk about drugs for the treatment of hypothyroidism, low thyroid function. This group of drugs consists of 3 subgroups, if they are divided conventionally like this. Thyroxine (T4) preparations replace the T4 hormone, better known as L-thyroxine, which will be discussed separately later.
Triiodothyronine (T3) preparations that replace the T3 hormone - I really want to talk about it now, and group 3 - combination drugs that include T4 and T3, sometimes also iodine (at a dose of 100-200 mcg).
If with T4 drugs on the farm. The market is still fine, the drug is available, and most importantly, in different doses. Things are getting worse with T3 drugs – they simply don’t exist. For several years, T3 drugs were not sold in our country. Some of the tablets did not undergo the procedure for re-registration of the drug in Russia with regulatory organizations, while others were completely discontinued from production.
During these years, a small percentage of patients began to experience insensitivity to T4, and, accordingly, persistent hypothyroidism, which also required additional replacement with drugs containing T3. Considering the huge prevalence of thyroid pathology, the total number of people in need of T3 turned out to be quite large.
The drug T3 is also very important for children with hypothyroidism (congenital or acquired), who are actively growing and developing, especially for the “maturation” of brain cells, for the development of memory, attention, and intelligence.
T3 can also be used in the complex treatment of diffuse non-toxic goiter and multinodular goiter with nodule size less than 2 cm, after operations on the thyroid gland, with AIT in combination with hypothyroidism, with a hypertrophic form or multinodular form.
To understand the importance of T3 in the body, below is a simplified diagram of the formation of thyroid hormones.
The diagram shows that T3 is formed in the body by transition from T4, it is more active, and directly “works” at the level of tissues and target organs, also due to the fact that the ratio of T4 and T3 in the body is 1:10, then there should be 10 times more trioidthyronine, which is taken into account during treatment.
That is why, with a full replacement dose of T4 for hypothyroidism and a “normal” TSH level, malaise persists - lethargy, weakness, poor weight loss, absent-minded attention, that is, there is not enough T3 in the body.
There are drugs that can compensate for T3 deficiency in the body.
- these are preparations of liothyronine or triiodothyronine , they are not available in Russia and are not produced, but abroad they are available under the names:
- Tibon 100 mcg and 20 mcg, Sanofi,
- Triiodine Thyronine 50 mcg, Berlin Hemi (Germany),
- Cytomel 5 mcg, 24 mcg, Uhlimann-Eyrard (Switzerland).
- Cytomel 25 mcg, Merrel Dau France, Dinkel (Türkiye).
- Cyronin 25 mcg, 50 mcg, Meija (USA).
- Cytomel 5 mcg, Smif Kleim USA S Kleim French (Canada, Holland).
- Cytomel 25 mcg, S.T. Riet Belgium SK USA, SK French (Canada, Holland).
- Cytomel 50 mcg, Smith Kleim (USA).
- Linomel 25 mcg, Smith Kleim (Argentina).
- Neotiroimad 5 mcg, 25 mcg, (Portugal).
- Ro-theranine 25 mcg, 50 mcg, Robinson (USA).
- Tertoxin 25 mcg (injection solution), Glaxo (Denmark).
- Tertoxin 20 mcg, Glaxo Denmark, UK, (South Africa).
- Tibon-forte 20 mcg, 100 mcg, Hoechst (Germany).
- Tyrotardine injection 100 mcg (dry matter), Henning Berlin (Germany).
- Ti-tre 5 mcg, 20 mcg, Glaxo (Italy).
- Tiromel 25 mcg, Ibrahim (Türkiye).
- Tyranin 25 mcg, Abello (Spain)
- Triiodothyronine 20 mcg, Nycomed (Sweden).
- Triiodine Sanabo 25 mcg, Sanabo (Austria).
- Triiodine 50 50 mcg, Berlin-Chemie (Germany).
- Triiodine Leo 25 mcg, Leo (Spain).
- Cytover T3 50 mcg, Vermodje
Triiodothyronine tablets are not used on their own (there are “narrow” indications for this); in the treatment of thyroid diseases, a combination of T4 and T3 in the ratio is usually selected; they are selected only by the attending physician.
Possible side effects and overdose
In most cases, the toothache drops in question do not have any side effects. However, they should be used with caution by those people who suffer from allergies. Since it is possible to develop a negative reaction in the form of bronchospasm, urticaria, angioedema. As for overdose, no such cases have been recorded today. The patient does not need a prescription to purchase the drops. However, it is worth getting advice on their use, especially if you may experience allergic reactions.
