Toothache swelling up a hard lump, considering the teeth may be the emergence of periapical inflammation, wisdom teeth periapical inflammation, apical cysts and other problems caused by the need for targeted treatment.
1. Periapical inflammation: tooth decay to a certain extent, bacteria and infectious substances into the pulp cavity, and continue to progress to the apical direction leading to destruction of periapical tissues resulting in chronic periapical abscess, resulting in tooth pain, gum swelling and even the formation of fistulas, you need to go to the hospital stomatology department to take a picture of the examination, and then by a professional stomatologist to carry out root canal treatment.
2. Wisdom tooth pericoronitis: Wisdom teeth due to the special location and easy to appear obstruction of the problem, resulting in the formation of a blind pocket in the gums around the crown of the wisdom teeth, resulting in food residues in the gingival sulcus to produce inflammation, so the teeth will be swollen and painful phenomenon, and in addition to the wisdom teeth adjacent to the lymph nodes of the jaw, the spread of inflammation is likely to lead to lymph node enlargement and thus pressure has a hard lump, you need to take anti-inflammatory drugs, local medication to relieve the inflammation.
3. Apical cysts: apical cysts are mainly due to long-term chronic periapical inflammation or apical granuloma of the teeth, resulting in jawbone lesions, clinical manifestations of tooth pain and discomfort, apical region of the jawbone ping-pong-like hard lumps, the need to take a CT to clarify the scope of the cysts, and promptly carry out cyst removal surgery to treat the cysts.