The causes of gum swelling and inflammation may be the following: 1, periodontitis developed to an advanced stage of periodontal abscess; 2, acute periapical inflammation, pus progressed to the submucosa; 3, gum trauma, brushing or biting hard objects inadvertently injured the gums, resulting in gum tearing, redness and pain is obvious; 4, wisdom teeth pericoronitis, wisdom teeth blocked eruption, the gums cover the surface of the wisdom teeth, the formation of blind pockets between the two, easy to store food, the The gingival surface of the wisdom tooth is covered by the gum, and the blind pocket is formed between the two, which is easy to store food, breed bacteria, infection or gum bite leading to the occurrence of wisdom tooth pericoronitis; 5, systemic diseases that invade the gums, such as AIDS, leukemia, etc.
For swollen and painful gums due to periodontitis, there is no specific medication to treat it, and you need to see a periodontist for systematic and specialized periodontal treatment to preserve the affected tooth as much as possible. For gum swelling and pain caused by periapical periodontitis, there is no specific medicine to treat it, so you need to consult the endodontics department for a complete root canal treatment. For gum swelling and pain caused by gum trauma, depending on the extent of the trauma, if there is no obvious gum laceration, topical medications to promote wound healing, such as recombinant growth factor, can be applied; if the gum is torn, the trauma should be treated by oral surgery or periodontology. If the gum is swollen and painful due to pericoronitis of the wisdom tooth, general anti-inflammatory drugs may temporarily relieve the inflammation, but since the cause of the disease has not been removed, prompt consultation with the oral surgery should be made, and if the wisdom tooth has no retention value, it should be extracted. If the gum pain is due to systemic disease, the systemic disease should be treated.