If the swollen gums are caused by periodontitis, periodontal treatment should be carried out; caused by wisdom tooth pericoronitis, antibiotics can be used; caused by apical periodontitis, root canal treatment should be carried out.
1. Periodontitis: the common cause of swollen gums is periodontitis, which is prone to bleeding gums, receding gums and other phenomena, and should be treated in a timely manner, including scaling, periodontal scaling and so on.
2. Wisdom tooth pericoronitis: If there is wisdom tooth pericoronitis, it is easy to appear around the wisdom tooth gums red, swollen and painful phenomenon, you can use antibiotics to alleviate such as cefuroxime, metronidazole, etc., and if there is a wisdom tooth obstruction, then you need to remove the wisdom tooth.
3. Periapical inflammation: If there is periapical inflammation, there will also be the phenomenon of swollen gums, the need to carry out root canal treatment, and in serious cases, you can also take oral cefuroxime.
If the phenomenon of swollen gums is obvious, go to the hospital in a timely manner, the use of the above drugs should pay attention to follow the doctor’s instructions.