Temporary Filling of Teeth At Home, When It Is A Dental Emergency and There Is No Dentist

Abstract

There are populations in which people have to take care of their health for themselves. We can talk about medicine where there are no doctors and dentistry where there are no dentists. The objective of this work is to collect possible products used at home to fill teeth temporarily when it is a dental emergency before a dentist makes the definitive treatment. In our files, Internet search engines, and in various databases (Medline, Scielo), a review of scientific works and information about provisional cement made at home, for filling teeth in an emergency, has been made before being treated by a dentist. Some products that are at home, which can be used for the temporary filling of teeth are cotton, chewing gum, bread (flour), plaster, cement, toothpaste, baking soda, common salt, soap, wax, alcohol, and peroxide. Many of these products are soluble in contact with saliva and others can damage the health of the tooth. To fill teeth temporarily, a cotton swab soaked in alcohol or hydrogen peroxide (due to its disinfection capacity) is usually useful and this could be temporarily covered with plaster or cement. The wax may temporarily prevent food from remaining in the tooth socket or from rubbing its cutting edge on the tongue. Any of the home remedies described for filling teeth are temporary and you should go to the dentist for definitive treatment as soon as possible.