What to do if you brush your teeth and poke your gums

Brushing the gums may be due to improper brushing posture, too much force, toothbrush is too hard and other reasons, can be maintained through oral hygiene, avoid stimulation, oral antibiotics and other methods to relieve. 1. Maintain oral hygiene: after brushing the gums, pay more attention to oral hygiene, rinse your mouth in a timely manner after eating, clean up the food debris in the mouth, to avoid dirt residue in the mouth to trigger bacterial infection. Mouthwash can be used appropriately to gargle. 2. Avoid stimulation: After brushing your teeth and poking your gums, you should pay attention to avoiding stimulation of the wound, not eating spicy and acidic foods, and abstaining from drinking alcohol and other bad habits, in order to prevent stimulation of the wound area and increase the degree of damage. 3. Oral antibiotics: after brushing the gums, the broken area is likely to be infected by bacteria in the oral cavity, if the trauma is large, the wound is deeper, you can follow the doctor’s instructions through the oral antibiotic drugs such as metronidazole tablets, ornidazole tablets and other medications for treatment. If the patient accidentally poked the gums when brushing teeth, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s prescription medication, under the guidance of the doctor, to take the appropriate treatment program.