Gums are swollen and painful, face is swollen half, may be wisdom teeth pericoronitis, gingivitis and other causes, you can through local treatment, systemic medication and other measures to regulate.
1. Wisdom tooth pericoronitis: The inflammatory reaction around the crown of the wisdom tooth during eruption may lead to swollen and painful gums and a swollen face.
(1) Local treatment: you can use potassium permanganate solution, hydrogen peroxide, etc. to rinse the blind pocket and then inject iodine glycerin, tincture of iodine and other medications, which can play a cleaning, anti-inflammatory, analgesic effect; the formation of abscesses, can be incised under local anesthesia and drainage, and removal of the wisdom teeth after the inflammation subsides.
(2) Systemic medication: oral or intravenous use of cephalosporin, metronidazole and other antibiotics, anti-infective treatment; pain, with ibuprofen, celecoxib and other anti-inflammatory analgesic drugs to relieve symptoms.
2. Gingivitis: most of them are caused by oral impurity, dental calculus, dental plaque, food filling and so on.
(1) Local treatment: mainly use dental scaling to remove plaque, tartar, and soft tartar, and then apply 1% iodized glycerin or gargle with borax solution; gingival hyperplasia can be gingivectomy.
(2) Systemic medication: Oral amoxicillin clavulanate potassium capsules, metronidazole tablets anti-infective treatment; with ibuprofen, Neptune and other drugs to relieve pain.
Gums are swollen and painful, half of the face is swollen, there may be other reasons, you need to go to the hospital in time to check, clarify the cause of the disease, follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.