How to treat a toothache and swollen face

Toothache and swelling of the face may be caused by apical periodontitis, periodontitis, pericoronitis, etc., and need to take medication, surgical treatment, and general measures for the cause of the conditioning. 1. Apical periodontitis: Apical periodontitis can also cause patients to experience symptoms of toothache and face swelling, and it is recommended that patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to use antibiotics such as metronidazole, amoxicillin, etc. Patients also need to take root canal treatment. Patients also need to take root canal surgery. Some patients may need to take endodontic blood flow reconstruction, apical curettage, intentional reimplantation, tooth extraction and other ways of treatment. 2. Periodontitis: When the patient’s periodontitis is more serious, it can also lead to toothache and swelling. Patients can take supragingival scaling, subgingival scraping and other ways to clean the oral cavity. If anaerobic bacteria infection caused by periodontitis, you need to follow the doctor’s instructions with metronidazole, tinidazole and other antibiotics. For patients with severe periodontitis, surgical treatments such as flap surgery and bone grafting can be taken. 3. Peri-coronitis: patients with peri-coronitis will have toothache and face swelling, at this time the patient can be under the guidance of the doctor with 1% hydrogen peroxide solution, saline and other solutions to rinse the blind pocket, some patients can also be prescribed with amoxicillin, ampicillin and other antibiotics. For patients who have formed abscesses, it is necessary to take incision and drainage, pericoronal gingival flap excision, mandibular third molar extraction treatment. It is recommended that patients with toothache and facial swelling need to consult a doctor in a timely manner, and the doctor will choose targeted measures for treatment according to the cause.