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What Causes Difficulty In Swallowing?

It hurts a little to swallow, and when I open my mouth wide. Also the gums around my back bottom wisdom tooth hurt. They have been there for a long time but there is a flap of gum hanging over it still. I take good care of my teeth so I dont understand what it wrong?
Thu, 9 Oct 2014
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Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
The pain and difficulty or limited mouth opening could be because of the gum infection over the wisdom tooth (pericoronal infection leading to space infection).
Consult a oral physician and get a radiograph done to rule the amount of space present for the tooth to erupt if space is there for the tooth to erupt then the gum covering over the wisdom tooth can be removed.
If the space is not available then you have to get the wisdom tooth removed.
Mean while you can take a course of antibiotics like amoxicillin 500mg and metronidazole 400mg tid for 5 days (if you are not allergic). for the pain you can take an analgesic like diclofenac 50mg BID.
Do saline gargling. i hope my answer will help you, take care.
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What Causes Difficulty In Swallowing?

Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query. The pain and difficulty or limited mouth opening could be because of the gum infection over the wisdom tooth (pericoronal infection leading to space infection). Consult a oral physician and get a radiograph done to rule the amount of space present for the tooth to erupt if space is there for the tooth to erupt then the gum covering over the wisdom tooth can be removed. If the space is not available then you have to get the wisdom tooth removed. Mean while you can take a course of antibiotics like amoxicillin 500mg and metronidazole 400mg tid for 5 days (if you are not allergic). for the pain you can take an analgesic like diclofenac 50mg BID. Do saline gargling. i hope my answer will help you, take care.