What to do if your gums are inflamed

Gingival inflammation refers to the acute and chronic inflammation that occurs in the gingival tissue, manifested as bleeding, redness, swelling and pain in the gums, and continue to develop and invade the hard tissues to produce periodontitis. Gingival inflammation is a very common symptom in the clinic, so how do we treat and deal with it in the clinic? Treatment program. First, remove the cause of the disease, thoroughly remove plaque tartar through scaling, eliminate the factors that cause plaque retention and local irritation of the gums, acute gingival papillitis to remove local irritants. For patients with severe inflammation, can be combined with local drug therapy, commonly used local drugs are 1% hydrogen peroxide, compound chlorhexidine gargle. Acute inflammation can be used with antibiotics, amoxicillin and metronidazole. Second, surgical treatment, a small number of patients with hyperplastic gingivitis, gingival fibrous hyperplasia is obvious, after the inflammation subsides, the gingival morphology is still not possible to fully recover, you can do gingivoplasty. Third, to prevent recurrence, the efficacy of chronic gingivitis is more ideal. It is important to prevent recurrence of the disease to consistently maintain good oral hygiene habits, regular six months to a year for review and maintenance, in order to maintain the efficacy of the treatment and prevent recurrence.