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Originally Posted by Cherie

Salt and warm water swoosh it round a few times spit and repeat, it really will help, dentists usually advise this after tooth extraction to prevent infection

This! Not too much or too vigorously though, go gentle because if the 'clot' in the hole where the tooth comes out and an infection gets in you can get "Dry Socket" and from what I've heard that really is agony and a dental emergency.