Waking up with swollen gums may be related to physiological factors, and may also be caused by wisdom teeth pericoronitis, periapical periodontitis, periodontitis and other reasons.
1. Physiological factors: for example, eating before going to bed, resulting in food embedded in the local gums, teeth, due to embedded food retention in the gum area, the formation of pressure on the gums, may cause waking up swollen gums.
2. Wisdom tooth pericoronitis: usually due to the wisdom tooth eruption is usually incomplete, resulting in the crown of the soft tissues around the inflammatory reaction caused by the inflammation of the stimulation, may cause waking up gingivitis, may also be accompanied by halitosis, limited opening of the mouth and other manifestations.
3. Apical periodontitis: mainly due to the presence of serious deep caries, induced by acute apical periodontitis, under the stimulation of inflammatory products, may cause waking gums swollen, may also be accompanied by localized abscesses, occlusal pain and other manifestations.
4. Periodontitis: If you suffer from periodontitis, not timely treatment, easy to cause periodontal abscess, may cause waking up swollen gums, may also be accompanied by bleeding gums, tenderness and other symptoms.
There may be other reasons for swollen gums. So if you wake up with swollen gums, after excluding physiological factors, you should consult a doctor as soon as possible to clarify the cause, and then be guided by the doctor to treat and regulate.