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Suggest Medication For An Infection In The Gums

my sons 9 months old, hes got purple bruised gums where his k9 teeth should be, today ive noticed white spots on the brusing, hes only got his bottom front two teeth, i thought it was the front two teeth that came through before teh k9s, could you tell me why his gums have gone like this?
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Hello,

Read your query as you have 9 month child has purple bruised gum dont worry this purple gum can be a erupltion buldge of primary teeth , it can be eruption cyst also , for this I will suggest you to consult Pedodontist and go for visual examination and if needed go for investigations iopa xray to determine the eruption to primary teeth.

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Suggest Medication For An Infection In The Gums

Hello, Read your query as you have 9 month child has purple bruised gum dont worry this purple gum can be a erupltion buldge of primary teeth , it can be eruption cyst also , for this I will suggest you to consult Pedodontist and go for visual examination and if needed go for investigations iopa xray to determine the eruption to primary teeth. Hope this will help you.