EDIT; I can’t reply to everyone individually but thanks for all the suggestions! Opiates are out of the question, doctors here will only prescribe those in terms of absolutely extreme suffering or end of life care. I also don’t particularly feel interested in developing a hard drug habit. Diclofenac and such are available but also only on separate prescriptions, I’d have to visit another doctor for that. I’m well stocked on paracetamol & ibuprofen, and apart from that, lots of ice cream, pudding & soup :)
Also, since a fair few people seem to doubt the veracity of my story, here’s the 22 extracted teeth (the other 10 were already gone in previous extractions).
No one here recommending Orajel? Literally designed specifically for mouth pain.
Just empty the whole tube in there and swish it around. I’m sure it’ll be fine.
Poe's Law
Please don’t do this
Seriously just don’t even say it. Your Poes Law thing requires an active click to see.
OP is a person in pain, whose head is in a new configuration (which is disorienting, reducing their cognitive capacities until the proprioceptive remapping is complete).
The danger of a misread is just too great.
I think orajel shouldn’t be put on fresh wounds (not 100% on this but I put it on an open sore in my mouth and the pain was excruciating)