Inflammation and swelling of wisdom teeth is an inflammatory reaction around the wisdom teeth, resulting in localized pain and swelling. Patients need to choose local rinsing, medication, incision and drainage, or removal of wisdom teeth under the guidance of the doctor according to the situation.
1. Local rinsing: Rinse the mouth several times with hydrogen peroxide, saline, and compound chlorhexidine gargle as prescribed by the doctor to remove surface secretions and food residues, etc., which can alleviate the inflammatory cells and food stimulation, thus reducing the swelling and pain.
2. Medication: commonly used anti-inflammatory drugs include metronidazole, ornidazole, cephalosporin, etc., which can reduce inflammation and relieve pain.
3. Incision and drainage: If a peri-coronary abscess has been formed and the effect of medication is poor, then it should be incised and drained in time to discharge the pus, clean the wound and drain out the pus with gauze strips.
4. Wisdom tooth extraction: after treatment, when the inflammation from the acute phase to the chronic phase of the inflammation subsides, if the wisdom teeth are seriously decayed, involving the pulp, roots and other conditions, you need to remove the wisdom teeth in a timely manner.
Wisdom teeth inflammation, swelling and pain, the patient needs to go to the hospital in time to avoid delaying the condition.