Little baby gums red and swollen considerations may be physiological factors, gum inflammation, apical periodontitis and other factors, it is best to go to the hospital stomatology for targeted anti-inflammatory.
1. Physiological factors: small children with red and swollen gums to consider the problem may be caused by long teeth, general teeth in the process of eruption, the gums may be slightly red, swollen, painful symptoms, this is a normal physiological phenomenon, generally do not need special treatment, during this period of time you need to pay attention to the baby’s oral hygiene and care, to avoid inflammation aggravate the pain.
2. Gum inflammation: general age of less than two years old due to the baby can not clean their own teeth, daily food residues are easy to stay in the teeth after eating, after a period of time after the fermentation of bacteria caused by inflammation of the gums, you can go to the hospital stomatology using a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution to clean up the foreign body rinse, and on the iodized glycerine solution for anti-inflammatory treatment.
3. Periapical periodontitis: baby teeth if there has been caries, caries in the cavity of the infected material progress to reach the pulp cavity and the root canal caused by periapical periodontitis, may also lead to the formation of abscess gums, the need to remove the decayed tooth tissue and then perfect root canal treatment of the teeth.