When the flesh around the wisdom tooth is swollen, that is to say, there is wisdom tooth pericoronitis, you can choose local rinsing and medication, oral medication, intravenous fluids, tooth extraction and other treatment options.
1. Local rinsing and medication: 3% hydrogen peroxide solution and saline are often chosen to rinse the blind pocket repeatedly, and stop when clear liquid overflows from the blind pocket, and then iodized glycerin is applied to make the swollen blind pocket return to normal.
2. Oral medication: If the swelling of the flesh around the wisdom teeth is serious, you can take oral medication, such as amoxicillin capsules or erythromycin dispersible tablets with metronidazole or tinidazole for better results.
3. Intravenous fluids: The swelling of the flesh around the wisdom teeth is serious and accompanied by systemic symptoms, such as fever, chills, etc. You can choose intravenous fluids, often using metronidazole injection, ceftriaxone, ceftazidime and so on.
4. tooth extraction: wisdom teeth around the meat repeatedly swollen, it is best to timely wisdom teeth extraction.
Swelling around the wisdom teeth, first of all, eat a light diet, salt water rinse after meals, timely to the hospital, according to the degree of swelling to choose the best treatment program, the use of drugs need to follow the doctor’s instructions.