What should I do if my face is swollen due to wisdom tooth inflammation?

If wisdom teeth cannot grow out, it will easily lead to inflammation. At this time, many people's faces may swell up. If faced with this problem, you must pay attention to treatment. You can undergo wisdom tooth extraction, or use local physical therapy or external application of traditional Chinese medicine.

1. Remove wisdom teeth

For wisdom teeth that are often inflamed, we should go to the dental hospital to have them removed, because the wisdom teeth themselves are of little use to us and there is no need to keep them. Of course, in a small number of cases where the wisdom teeth are in the correct position and there are wisdom teeth in the opposite jaw and their position is relatively normal, you can also consider retaining the wisdom teeth. In addition, most wisdom teeth need to be extracted.

2. Local treatment

Local treatment of pericoronitis of wisdom teeth is important. The blind bag can be flushed with 1-3% hydrogen peroxide solution, saline or other sterile solution every day, and then 3% iodine glycerol can be injected. Also give gargle with compound borax solution or furacillin solution several times a day. In the early stages, local physical therapy and external application of Chinese herbal medicine can also be used to help absorb inflammation. Acupuncture therapy can relieve pain and improve mouth opening. If abscess cavity is formed, it can be incised and drained.

3. Treat the diseased tooth

After the acute inflammation subsides, the diseased tooth should be further treated to prevent recurrence. If the teeth are in the correct position, can erupt normally, and have opposing teeth to perform chewing function, a pericoronal gingival flap wedge resection can be performed. Otherwise it should be removed.