Red and swollen gums are mainly caused by gingivitis, periodontitis and other infectious diseases of the gum tissue due to poor oral hygiene, or due to local foreign body irritation. Because of the complex causes, so the appearance of gum redness and swelling and no fast treatment method, it is recommended to seek medical advice in a timely manner, under the guidance of a doctor according to the cause, choose the most suitable way to treat, common ways to improve the gum redness are the following: 1, cleaning teeth: If the gum redness and swelling, it is recommended to go to the hospital for ultrasonic gingival scaling, that is, scaling technology to remove bacteria and other substances remaining on the surface of the teeth If there is periodontal inflammation, it is usually necessary to carry out subgingival scraping or root surface leveling to improve periodontal inflammation; 2, medication: If the symptoms of infection are more serious you can also follow medical advice with taking metronidazole tablets, amoxicillin and other anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of infection. If the patient’s pain is more than, you can take ibuprofen and other pain medication to relieve pain under the advice of the doctor. In addition, you can also cooperate with Chinese medicines such as Huang Lian Shang Qing Tablets and Niu Huang Detoxification Tablets to assist in relieving the symptoms of red and swollen gums; 3, other treatments: you can use cold compresses to relieve the pain generated by the gums, and if there is nerve necrosis at the tooth, root canal treatment should be considered to relieve the symptoms of red and swollen gums. If the redness and swelling of the gums is caused by external stimuli, it is necessary to find the cause of the stimuli, such as wisdom teeth, and it is recommended to remove them in time. In addition, it is recommended to keep the good habit of brushing or rinsing your teeth in the morning and after meals to maintain oral hygiene and avoid eating foods that are too spicy, hard and easily inflamed to reduce the appearance of red and swollen gums to a certain extent.