Pain in the gums gives a lot of discomfort. Chewing food is difficult, there are painful sensations from cold and hot drinks, even during a conversation there can be pain. Inflammation in the gums can appear for various reasons. You can not ignore it, but it is necessary to immediately consult a doctor, otherwise you can lose your teeth.
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Why do gums hurt?
The doctor must establish why the gums hurt, what to do in this case. Pain may occur due to inflammation in the gum itself, or in the tooth. If unpleasant symptoms provoke a bad tooth, then the painful sensations are concentrated around it and do not spread further. If the gums start to hurt, then discomfort occurs in the entire oral cavity.
Gums hurt for the following reasons:
- With gingivitis. In this disease, inflammatory processes occur in the marginal part of the gums.
- With periodontitis. It occurs due to non-treated gingivitis. The symptoms of these diseases are the same, only with periodontitis in periodontal pockets pus is formed, the neck of the tooth begins to become bare and causes pain.
These diseases are caused by improper oral hygiene. A soft plaque begins to accumulate on the teeth, which gradually thickens and turns into tartar, tight to the base of the tooth. In addition, tartar contributes to the spread of a variety of bacteria and microbes that cause inflammation in the gums, accompanied by pain.
At the very beginning of the disease, when gingivitis develops, painful sensations spread to all gums. After gingivitis goes into periodontitis, pain concentrates near one or more teeth. This is due to the formation of pus in the periodontal pocket.
Therefore, in the event of pain in the gums, it is necessary to consult a doctor and not self-medicate.
Gingival treatment for gingivitis and periodontitis
Since the pain in the gums with gingivitis and periodontitis causes tartarthen you need to get rid of it. This is done using ultrasound. This procedure is completely painless. After removal of dental plaque, the doctor prescribes a course of anti-inflammatory therapy, which should last 10 days. As a result, the inflammatory processes begin to decrease. Sometimes, in more severe cases, the dentist prescribes antibiotics.
If the inflammation is not very strong, then after the removal of tartar The doctor may prescribe the following procedures.conducted at home:
- Rinse mouth Chlorhexidine 0,05%.
- Treatment gums Holisal-gel.
It is necessary to process the oral cavity twice a day, the course of treatment should last 10 days. In the morning after eating and brushing your teeth, you must rinse your mouth with Chlorhexidine for one minute. Then a gel is applied to the tissue around all the teeth. After that, you must refrain from eating for 2-3 hours.
All these procedures completely rid of gingivitisbut periodontitis is only partially cured. Treatments such as splinting, prosthetics or curettage may be required.
Pain in the gums of periodontitis
In this case, pain occurs in the gums under the lower tooth or above the upper one.
Periodontitis is a disease characterized by the formation of a cyst at the apex of the tooth root.Inside this cavity contains pus.
The development of this disease contributes to untreated caries and pulpitis. When biting in the area of the problem tooth and gum pain occurs, swelling is formed. Sometimes an abscess appears on the gum, and after it bursts, a fistulous opening is obtained.
This disease is cured by removal of tissues affected by caries. They also remove the old filling, the nerves from the root canals, then put a temporary filling, filling the canals with medicinal paste, and after the inflammation has passed - set a permanent one.
Why can gum ache after tooth treatment?
What to do, if tooth cured, and the pain in the gums remained? It may be due to the following factors:
- Poorly sealed root canals.
If, as a result of treatment, the root canals were not filled to the top, then this promotes infection inside the canal, due to which a cyst forms on the top of the tooth. The physician should immediately check the quality of the work performed with the help of an X-ray. But in many cases, the dentist, even if he notices the defects in the picture, does not tell the patient anything so as not to redo his work. And if, after some time, the same patient complains of pain, the doctor will assure that everything is normal in the picture, which means that the pain will soon have to pass.
- Poorly installed seal.
If the gum hurts between the teeth, then most likely the doctor during the treatment process made a hanging edge on the fillingwhich injures the cervical papilla. You can independently check if the filling has a hanging edge using dental floss. If the thread gets stuck or breaks in this area, then, most likely, the seal has such a defect. It is necessary to consult a doctor so that he corrects it or completely replaces it with a new one.
By the way, if the gum hurts immediately after tooth treatment, then perhaps this is due to the imposition of cofferdam in the process of treatment. The gums may be slightly damaged, but the pain should go away after a few days.
Home gum treatment
There are such situations that the gums hurt very much, but there is no way to see a specialist. The pain can be calmed at home.
Well helps to relieve pain. salty water. Rinse the mouth is necessary after each meal.
Has the same effect hydrogen peroxidewhich is stirred in warm water in proportions of one to one. The resulting solution kills all harmful microbes, reducing inflammation and pain.
Good eliminates pain bag of ordinary black tea. It contains a large amount of tannins, which removes tissue swelling. Binders can even stop gum bleeding. After brewing a bag of black tea must be cooled and applied to the sore spot.
Many use baking soda to relieve pain. It perfectly destroys all the harmful bacteria that are in the mouth. But you need to be careful and do not keep the soda in the mouth for too long, otherwise you can burn the mucous membrane.
You can use for rinsing medicinal herbs such as chamomile, propolis, valerian, sage, oak bark.
Well relieve pain and eliminate inflammation various antiseptic preparations, such as betadine, periodontal disease, caposol. They wash out and destroy pathogens.
However, it is worth remembering that in some cases it is very dangerous to engage in self-treatment because of the possibility of the development of pulpitis, periodontitis or abscess. And these cases require urgent medical intervention.
How to keep your gums healthy
To gums as long as possible stay healthy, you need maintain proper oral hygiene.
A very effective tool in the fight against gum problems - irrigator. Recently, dentists have increasingly recommended them to patients.Not so long ago a new model appeared on the Russian market - ACleon TF600, manufactured by a European brand of German origin.
This is a multifunctional device that works on pulse technology. He actively fights periodontal diseases by performing gum massage (there is a separate function for this). Due to the pulsed massage, the gum tone increases, their blood supply improves. As a result, the inflammatory processes are eliminated. Thanks to the smooth adjustment of the jet pressure and 17 settings, the irrigator jet can be adjusted perfectly for you.
A big plus is the presence of 7 attachments for all occasions at once (including for people with braces or large gaps between teeth). For disinfection nozzles is built-in ultraviolet lamp (Akleon - one of the few irrigators in Russia with such a function).
If the user is constantly on the road and just can not take with him a stationary device, he will come to the aid of a miniature model of irrigator - portable ACleon TF200.
Regular use of it can also reduce the symptoms of inflammation of the gums and significantly improve the periodontal condition.
Teeth should be brushed in the morning and evening, using a special rinse solution after each cleaning. The hardness of the toothbrush is selected individually. You must regularly visit the dentist for a routine examination. If caries appears, treat it immediately to get rid of the source of infection.
Self medicated herbs and by other means it only eliminates the symptoms, therefore, for the treatment of the source of the disease, the qualified help of a dentist is necessary.
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