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What Causes Mouth Pain, Dysphagia With Swelling?

Hi, The back of my mouth where my jaw seems to connect hurts. It s more towards the top/roof of the mouth verses the bottom. It hurts mostly when I swallow, and i looked in the mirror to see if there is a difference in appearance & the side that hurts seems to be a little bit more swollen than the right side (which doesn t hurt at all). I m not really sure what s causing this pain...
Tue, 4 Nov 2014
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Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
The pain in the mouth, dysphagia and swelling can be because of the wisdom tooth infection leading to space infection(pericoronal abscess leading to cellulitis). 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 and metronidazole (if you are not allergic). Do saline gargling.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
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What Causes Mouth Pain, Dysphagia With Swelling?

Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query. The pain in the mouth, dysphagia and swelling can be because of the wisdom tooth infection leading to space infection(pericoronal abscess leading to cellulitis). 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 and metronidazole (if you are not allergic). Do saline gargling. I hope my answer will help you, take care.