Gingival pain caused by anaerobic infections, such as periodontitis, periapical periodontitis, etc., taking metronidazole has a certain therapeutic effect, if not caused by anaerobic infections, such as leukemia gingival lesions, taking metronidazole has no therapeutic effect, and need to carry out systemic systemic treatment.
1. caused by anaerobic infection:
(1) periodontitis: periodontitis is an inflammatory disease mainly caused by anaerobic infection, metronidazole has strong killing effect on anaerobic bacteria, so taking metronidazole has certain therapeutic effect, and at the same time, need to be combined with periodontal treatment, such as scaling, scraping, and so on.
(2) apical periodontitis: the main causative agent of apical periodontitis is anaerobic bacteria, metronidazole has a strong killing effect on anaerobic bacteria, and can be used to treat apical periodontitis in combination with root canal treatment.
2. Not caused by anaerobic infection: the cause of gum swelling for leukemia patients in the peripheral blood of naïve blood cells in the gingival tissues in a large number of infiltration and aggregation, taking metronidazole has no therapeutic effect, can be used to gently scrub the gingival margins of the 3% hydrogen peroxide solution and combined with systemic systemic therapy.
Drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to receive early professional treatment.