A 6-year-old child with a swollen lump of flesh in the gums may have periapical periodontitis or eruption of permanent teeth, and root canal treatment or observation is recommended.
1. Periapical periodontitis: In 6-year-old children, most of the teeth in the mouth are milk teeth, and the condition of milk teeth progresses quickly. The teeth affected by periapical periodontitis often have obvious carious cavities, accompanied by swelling and pain of the gums. Root canal treatment is needed to remove the decayed tissue and inflamed pulp in order to cure it.
2. Emergence of permanent teeth: 6 years old is the time for children’s first molar to erupt, the gums at the position of the first molar can be seen swelling and protruding in the mouth, and the white tips of the teeth are often exposed. Maintain oral hygiene, observation can be; pain with fever obvious person, can be in the doctor’s advice to take the appropriate amount of cephalosporin antibiotics, such as cefdinir, cefaclor, etc..
6-year-old children also need to pay attention to oral health, it is recommended to find a lump of meat and other abnormal phenomena, go to the regular hospital stomatology department in time.