Wisdom teeth can generally reduce swelling in 3 to 7 days, depending on a variety of factors such as the degree of swelling of wisdom teeth and the state of wisdom teeth obstruction.
1. Wisdom tooth swelling: If the wisdom tooth is slightly swollen, the pain is not heavy, you can take the appropriate amount of oral metronidazole tablets and cephalosporin antibiotics and other drugs under the guidance of the doctor for anti-infective treatment, it usually takes about 3 days to basically reduce the swelling; however, if the wisdom tooth is obviously swollen, and the formation of abscess fluctuation, need to be incised and drained abscesses, basically 7 days to reduce the swelling.
2. Wisdom tooth obstruction: generally if the wisdom tooth is orthodontic growth state, gum inflammation caused by swelling, the cleaning difficulty is relatively low, so the swelling is generally 2 to 3 days to reduce the swelling; and for the wisdom tooth appears near the middle, horizontal, ambidextrous obstruction and other cases of abscess, due to the increase in the difficulty of cleaning, inflammatory substances are difficult to remove, so the swelling and swelling of the time may be prolonged to 7 days and above.