Children’s gum abscess, often due to apical periodontitis, treatment includes acute treatment and root surgery, acute phase is often through incision and drainage of pus, oral medication treatment; root surgery is generally through the root canal treatment.
1. Acute stage: In the acute stage, as the symptoms are more serious, opening the pulp and drainage, or incision and drainage of pus, etc. to keep the root canal open, so that the inflammatory material can be drained from the root canal, in order to alleviate the local symptoms. At the same time, in the acute stage of periapical inflammation symptoms are more obvious, you can use ibuprofen and other analgesics, combined with oral anti-inflammatory drugs such as cefixime.
2. Root canal surgery: After the acute symptoms improve, surgical treatment can be carried out. The main surgical treatment is root canal surgery. Endodontics is the preferred method of treating periapical infections, which generally involves cleaning the infected material from the root canal and then filling it for permanent treatment. Root canals require two to three patient visits, each one to two weeks apart.
There are other treatments for children’s gum abscess, it is recommended to seek medical attention in time, cooperate with the doctor’s examination, under the guidance of the doctor’s scientific treatment. The above medication should be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.