Not too long ago I shared with you a story about a friend of mine who suffers from a toothache. He had a friend come down to his home for a visit, and when they got there, the friend was so nervous that he could literally feel his toothache. He didn’t want to be a bother, so he told the friend to drink whiskey while he was there, and it worked.
A similar story came to mind recently about a friend of mine who complained about having trouble walking, and then he took a bottle of whiskey (I’m not sure if I should call it vodka or whiskey here, it’s just that he had a bottle that he could drink like water, so that’s what I call it). He then tried to take a swig, but he couldn’t get the bottle out of his mouth.
If you have a bad toothache, or just a bad tooth, there are plenty of things you can drink like water. If you have a bad tooth, and you have a bad toothache, water might be a good choice.
It’s not that we’re not drinking water, it’s that it makes my teeth hurt.
A friend once told me that whiskey is a great way to prevent toothaches. I am on record as saying that I would never drink whiskey since my teeth hurt so much when I drink it, and this has been the case for the past fifteen years, so I guess I should stop now.
Alcohol is not the only thing that hurts teeth. The same can be said about drinking too much coffee, for instance. A recent study found that both coffee and alcohol can damage your teeth.
It’s important to note that coffee and alcohol do not damage your teeth at all, they just make them worse. Even if you drink coffee, you can still choose to eat food, drink water, or chew gum to relieve the pain. And if you’re a habitual drinker who drinks a large amount of coffee while you’re at work, you should probably quit drinking coffee and start drinking water. You won’t feel any different.
In any case, it is important to note that drinking coffee can also help your teeth. A recent study found that one study participant who drank four cups of coffee a day (the equivalent of one and a half cups of espresso) for a week reported an improvement in their teeth. The study, conducted by the University of Pennsylvania, was published in the journal JAMA.
That sounds like a bad idea, but it makes perfect sense. Coffee helps reduce pain and inflammation by providing the body with oxygen instead of relying on the stomach. In addition, drinking coffee while your body is still suffering pain can reduce your pain by up to 30 percent. In fact, for people who are experiencing mild pain, a cup of coffee can be a godsend.
To put it another way, the effect of coffee on your body is largely due to the fact that it helps your teeth, which help prevent the root cause of toothache. The good news is that coffee can, too, help your tooth loss, too.