Pregnant women with swollen and painful wisdom teeth and gums can relieve the pain by using topical mouthwash, local rinsing and medication, taking medication, and elective extraction.
1. Topical mouthwash: pregnant women during pregnancy due to increased levels of progesterone, the gums are affected by hormones may be swollen and painful phenomenon, you can first use chlorhexidine mouthwash to relieve the pain. The use of medication should follow the doctor’s instructions.
2. Local rinsing and medication: If the pregnant woman is due to wisdom teeth pericoronitis caused by swollen gums, it is best to go to the hospital stomatology to find a doctor to alternately use hydrogen peroxide and saline to rinse the gums of the crown of the wisdom teeth gingival grooves, to prevent the embedding of food residues, it is best to place a composite iodine-glycerine solution in the gingival grooves for anti-inflammatory.
3. Taking medication: If the pregnant woman is in the middle or late stage of pregnancy, and the degree of swelling and pain of the gums is not relieved after the use of conventional anti-inflammatory methods, it is necessary to use penicillin drugs under the guidance of a professional doctor to carry out treatment.
4. Elective removal: pregnant women who are pregnant about 4 to 6 months wisdom teeth gum swelling and pain, you can consider the teeth for extraction, or after delivery to a professional dental hospital to let the doctor to take a panoramic film analysis and timely removal of wisdom teeth.
Be careful with medication during pregnancy and use it under the guidance of a doctor. Wisdom tooth gum swelling and pain during pregnancy is recommended to seek medical attention in time to solve the problem.