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What Causes Redness And Puffiness In Gums?

My gums were red an puffy and now 3 weeks of flossing almost every day, brushing that part of the gums twice a day, and rinsing with salt and hot water twice a day and it's still a little puffy and a little part around a tooth is really red, puffy, hard and rough. I don't know what to do or what this means.
posted on Thu, 12 Feb 2015
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Hello .I read through ur query.I first of all congratulate you for the care you are taking to your gums and oral cavity.Keep it going.Now regarding puffiness it can be inflammation of the gum due to some drugs taken by you like some sort of antiseizure drugs or heart disease drugs(side effects of these drugs is puffiness of gum)or mostly it can be due the debris inbetween the gum and the teeth which cannot be removed by our brushing or flossing.Its deep inside the gums.It has to cleaned with machine(scaling).So i suggest you to meet up a dentist and get deep scaling to be done.Be cool and stay happy.Also please do continue to follow your oral hygiene practices.Hope you are benefitted something from this reply.Have a healthy day!!!
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What Causes Redness And Puffiness In Gums?

Hello .I read through ur query.I first of all congratulate you for the care you are taking to your gums and oral cavity.Keep it going.Now regarding puffiness it can be inflammation of the gum due to some drugs taken by you like some sort of antiseizure drugs or heart disease drugs(side effects of these drugs is puffiness of gum)or mostly it can be due the debris inbetween the gum and the teeth which cannot be removed by our brushing or flossing.Its deep inside the gums.It has to cleaned with machine(scaling).So i suggest you to meet up a dentist and get deep scaling to be done.Be cool and stay happy.Also please do continue to follow your oral hygiene practices.Hope you are benefitted something from this reply.Have a healthy day!!!