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Pain And Swelling In Gum, Painful While Speaking And Smiling. Taking Light Medication. Cure For Symptoms?
am having pain and swelling of right lower gum for more than a week.dental doc adviced me to take cipro 500mg for 5 days twice daily, along with tht emflam, and chymaral forte also hve been prescribed .three days passed with those medications; am not feeling any betterment; pain and swelling persists, its painful whn i speak and smile even.could u explain the seriousness of this and the speedy treatment for me.
Fri, 26 Apr 2013
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Dr. Amit K. Gaba,
Dentist,
Implantology's Response
Dentist,
Implantology's Response
Hello dear
According to information provided by you it seems as if there is abcess in your gums due to strucking of food in gums.For this you need professional cleaning or scaling.Merely ciprofloxacin wont be sufficient and you need ciprofloxacin +tenidazole ,to cover anaerobic bacteria also.Do warm saline rinses four times a day.If possible massage withgum paint in that area.
Best
Dr. Amit k. Gaba
According to information provided by you it seems as if there is abcess in your gums due to strucking of food in gums.For this you need professional cleaning or scaling.Merely ciprofloxacin wont be sufficient and you need ciprofloxacin +tenidazole ,to cover anaerobic bacteria also.Do warm saline rinses four times a day.If possible massage withgum paint in that area.
Best
Dr. Amit k. Gaba
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Hi,
Thanks for asking the query,
Pain and selling indicates infection in the gums leading to formation of abscess.
This infection can be due to plague calculus deposition, poor oral hygiene, associated infected tooth, or can be due to nutritional deficiencies or hormonal changes added with infection.
Go for symptomatic treatment of complete mouth scaling and polishing, root planing and curettage.
If any decayed tooth then get it restored.
Take complete course of antibiotics and analgesics.
Maintain a good oral hygiene, take lukewarm saline gargles and antiseptic mouthwash rinses.
Hope this helps out.
Regards.
Thanks for asking the query,
Pain and selling indicates infection in the gums leading to formation of abscess.
This infection can be due to plague calculus deposition, poor oral hygiene, associated infected tooth, or can be due to nutritional deficiencies or hormonal changes added with infection.
Go for symptomatic treatment of complete mouth scaling and polishing, root planing and curettage.
If any decayed tooth then get it restored.
Take complete course of antibiotics and analgesics.
Maintain a good oral hygiene, take lukewarm saline gargles and antiseptic mouthwash rinses.
Hope this helps out.
Regards.
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Hello and welcome to hcm forum,
Pain and swollen gums may be due to-
Gingivitis which has progressed into periodontal infection.
Complete thorough scaling has to be done.
Tissue grafting has to be done if there is associated bone loss.
The pus has to be drained and curetted well.
Take complete course of antibiotics too.
Apply gum tone gel on the affected site.
Gargle frequently using warm saline.
Hope this helps.
Pain and swollen gums may be due to-
Gingivitis which has progressed into periodontal infection.
Complete thorough scaling has to be done.
Tissue grafting has to be done if there is associated bone loss.
The pus has to be drained and curetted well.
Take complete course of antibiotics too.
Apply gum tone gel on the affected site.
Gargle frequently using warm saline.
Hope this helps.
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