A mouthful of warm salty gunk

I’m afraid so, he said with a malicious glint in his eye. You’re going to open your mouth and take it like a man.

He stared back, a flicker of defiance crossed his face before he opened his mouth and took the white liquid where it was never intended to go.

It was warm and salty.

He swilled it over his tongue and rinsed it through his teeth and around his gums.

He took an additional mouthful, it added to the first, travelling around the inside of his mouth as he swilled it round.

Eventually, when he could stand it no more he leaned over and spat it out in to the bathroom sink.

Yes, I have toothache.

It feels like a relatively minor root infection – hence the self treatment.

What I want to know is, how come both of the toothache remedies I know involve putting not pleasant flavours in your mouth?

Oil of cloves – which tastes gaggingly disgusting – to deaden the pain of a toothache, but fortunately that’s not what is needed now.

Heavily salinated water – six or seven teaspoonfuls of salt mixed in hot water, swilled and gargled around the infected dental area.

Yeurch!

Sorry?

You thought I was taking what in to my mouth?

Really?

🙂

B.