In dentistry for tooth pain oil of clove is mixed with a powder to create a temporary filling to relieve tooth.

My Greek father in law makes a garlic spread that you are supposed to eat with fish and beets. It’s like 5000 cloves of garlic, a mashed potato and some other things. It isn’t a great food to help you keep people away because it will seep out of every pore scaring everyone away. I love to eat garlic but I would hate for my patients to smell it on me.