I choose teething tablets or hyland's teething gel (both, actually)... I've heard orajel can bother baby more with the numbing, but I've never personally tried it to say whether it bothers Evs or not.
My pedi said no Orajel because it is a choking hazard. The gel can get on the back of the throat and numb it. Luckily, DS just really needed teething tablets.
Re: Teething Tablets or Orajel
This. We use teething tablets.