Swollen gums like an extra piece of flesh may be caused by gingival hyperplasia, alveolar abscess and pulpal hyperplasia.
1. Gingival hyperplasia: If the patient does not pay attention to oral hygiene, improper diet and other reasons, resulting in the accumulation of plaque and calculus, causing adverse stimulation of the gums, may make the gums swollen like an extra piece of flesh phenomenon.
2. Alveolar abscess: mostly due to pulp inflammation, through the apical foramen, to the root of the peripheral spread caused. With the development of the disease, the pus may spread along the direction of the gums, it is easy to appear big teeth swollen gums like an extra piece of flesh, i.e. fistula.
3. Pulpal hyperplasia: due to the patient’s long-term consumption of sweets or do not pay attention to oral hygiene, the patient did not timely treatment, thus damaging the pulp nerve, the pulp hyperplasia, triggered by the phenomenon of the gums of the big teeth swollen like an extra piece of flesh.
When the gums are swollen like an extra piece of meat, you need to go to the hospital immediately to find out the cause of the disease, combined with the cause of the corresponding treatment.