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Suggest Treatment For Gum Infection

Sir, I had bite of my gum skin in my lower jaw's last teeth, as there is small gum left over the teeth when it comes between upper and lower teeths, it hurts for the past 4days now the skin seem to be white like puss but its harder and its little swelled in side for relife let me use Dologel and how frequent, it should be. Please suggest.
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi! Welcome to Healthcaremagic.
I read your query. The symptoms you mentioned corelates with pericoronitis. Due to trauma or infection, it gets swollen and abscess develops.
This usually happens in case of impacted or partially errupted last molar.
Do warm saline rinses. Painkillers like Tylenol or Ibuprofens helps if the pain is severe. Apply Dologel before eating too as it would reduce burning sensation. Take multivitamin tablet one per day. Clean area using Betadine gargles.
If swelling persists or worsens, show it to dentist. Get an antibiotic course prescribed. Also get an x-ray done of that region. If there is infection in tooth, it may need treatment as well. Else scaling of that area would help.
Hope the answer helps you. Thank you!
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Suggest Treatment For Gum Infection

Hi! Welcome to Healthcaremagic. I read your query. The symptoms you mentioned corelates with pericoronitis. Due to trauma or infection, it gets swollen and abscess develops. This usually happens in case of impacted or partially errupted last molar. Do warm saline rinses. Painkillers like Tylenol or Ibuprofens helps if the pain is severe. Apply Dologel before eating too as it would reduce burning sensation. Take multivitamin tablet one per day. Clean area using Betadine gargles. If swelling persists or worsens, show it to dentist. Get an antibiotic course prescribed. Also get an x-ray done of that region. If there is infection in tooth, it may need treatment as well. Else scaling of that area would help. Hope the answer helps you. Thank you!