Half of the gums are swollen and painful, may be periodontitis, wisdom teeth pericoronitis or apical periodontitis, etc., should cooperate with the professional doctor for medication, surgical treatment.
1. Periodontitis: If periodontitis causes half of the gums to be swollen and painful, antibiotics should be applied under the guidance of a professional doctor, such as tetracycline, metronidazole, clindamycin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin and so on. For plaque and calculus on the teeth, you should also take scaling to clean up and rinse your mouth with chlorhexidine gargle. If the periodontitis caused abscess, but also incision and drainage to exclude pus.
2. Wisdom tooth pericoronitis: If the wisdom tooth pericoronitis leads to half of the gums swollen and painful, you should clean up the gums of food debris, etc., and rinse with chlorhexidine rinse, oral rinsing, gum pockets can be injected with iodized glycerin. At the same time with the doctor oral anti-inflammatory drugs, such as amoxicillin, metronidazole, etc., and in severe cases, surgical treatment, such as incision and drainage, pericoronary gingival flap excision or tooth extraction.
4. Periapical periodontitis: If periapical periodontitis causes half of the gums to be swollen and painful, you should cooperate with a professional doctor to carry out root canal treatment.
If half of the gums are swollen and painful, it is recommended to go to the stomatology department of the regular hospital as soon as possible for consultation and treatment, and the use of medication should be in accordance with medical advice.