If you go to the hospital for regular treatment of inflammation and swelling of the gums, the inflammation will go down faster. If you take some native methods at home or do not go for interventional treatment, the inflammation will be slower and may even be aggravated, affecting the recovery. There are many causes of inflammation and swelling of the gums, which can be treated with oral amoxicillin, erythromycin, metronidazole and other drugs in general, or intravenous infusion in severe cases, and also according to the specific disease to be treated in order to reduce inflammation as soon as possible. The common clinical diseases and treatments that lead to inflammation and swelling of the gums are: 1. Dental calculus: When dental calculus appears in the teeth, it will stimulate the surrounding tissues leading to infection, causing inflammation and swelling, which can be treated by first gargling with compound chlorhexidine and taking oral amoxicillin and other anti-inflammatory treatments. Take ultrasonic scaling, supragingival scraping, subgingival scraping to remove calculus and plaque, and follow up with regular cleaning to achieve the effect of preventing gum inflammation; 2. Wisdom tooth pericoronitis: can be under the guidance of a doctor, preferably a professional doctor operation, local hydrogen peroxide rinse sterilization, while oral antibacterial drug treatment. If the patient’s symptoms are serious, systemic application of antibiotic treatment is also required. After the inflammation is eliminated, if the tooth function has been lost, the tooth can be extracted if necessary; 3. Apical abscess: If an abscess occurs, the abscess should be firstly incised and drained, followed by treatment with antibacterial drugs as prescribed by the doctor, after which the tooth is evaluated. The teeth that can be retained for root canal treatment, can not be retained teeth will be extracted; 4, pulpitis: suffering from pulpitis first open pulp drainage, and then anti-inflammatory pain treatment, and finally through root canal treatment to remove the infected tissue in the pulp cavity; 5, trauma: trauma after the occurrence of bacterial infection may appear gum inflammation swelling pain, the need for symptomatic use of antibiotics for treatment, if it is contaminated by metal, iron nails, etc. If it is pierced by metal, nails and other contaminated items, you also need to get a tetanus vaccine. It is important to develop the habit of rinsing after meals, brushing on time, flossing to remove embedded food residues, and developing healthy oral hygiene habits.