Swollen and painful gums in the wisdom tooth area can be treated by local treatment, topical rinses, medication, and removal of wisdom teeth.
1. Local treatment: most of the gums in the wisdom teeth area are swollen and painful due to the wisdom teeth in the gingival sulcus food debris stagnation, which leads to anaerobic bacteria reproduction caused by gingival inflammation pain, need to go to the hospital to find a doctor to use saline, hydrogen peroxide, and other solutions to flush the gingival sulcus, to prevent the foreign body residue, and then on the iodine glycerin solution to control inflammation to ease the pain.
2. Topical gargle: If the gums of wisdom teeth are only slightly swollen and painful, you can use chlorhexidine mouthwash or metronidazole gargle to inhibit the reproduction of anaerobic bacteria, thereby reducing inflammation and relieving the symptoms of swollen and painful gums.
3. Medication: If the gums of wisdom teeth are swollen and painful, and produce abscesses and other problems, you can take metronidazole tablets and cephalosporin antibiotics under the guidance of the doctor to carry out systemic anti-infective treatment.
4. Wisdom teeth extraction: general wisdom teeth due to the special location, easy to cause improper cleaning and thus cause wisdom teeth gums repeatedly inflammation leading to the phenomenon of swelling and pain, it is recommended that the best to the hospital stomatology department to analyze the examination and timely removal of wisdom teeth, to prevent the wisdom teeth from repeated swelling and pain.