What to do if wisdom teeth become inflamed

Many people will grow wisdom teeth at irregular intervals. At first, we may feel pain as if we have an oral inflammation and will lick it with our tongue. In fact, this is very bad. Because wisdom teeth press against our gums during the growth process, which is very uncomfortable. Once inflammation is discovered, anti-inflammatory measures must be taken to prevent further inflammation of the wisdom tooth.

The growth of wisdom teeth does not cause pain to some people. This is because there is enough space in the mouth, so we don't feel too much pain. If patients experience unbearable pain, they should go to the hospital to receive a doctor's examination in time to avoid affecting their lives.

The key to the growth of wisdom teeth depends on the position of your gums and whether there is enough space in the jawbone. If there is enough, it will not hurt at all.

Wisdom teeth may be impacted in the jawbone or may not erupt at all. Or it may cause crowding or displacement of other teeth, resulting in local tooth decay, infection or gum pain. The position of impacted wisdom teeth in the jawbone is also abnormal, and sometimes they are even impacted horizontally. In this case it is best to remove it.

In addition, if you are in so much pain, it is best to go to the hospital for treatment.

In other cases, it is best not to extract wisdom teeth, as they are located at the innermost part of the mouth and are the most difficult to operate. Improper operation may be harmful. Using anesthetics is not a good thing either.

Let me ask you again, is there anything unusual on your face where your wisdom teeth are? If there is swelling, it may be pericoronitis of the wisdom teeth. You should go to the hospital as soon as possible to check it out and get some medicine.

After excluding the above situations, if you don't want to remove the septum, here are some suggestions:

1. Do not lick wisdom teeth with your tongue;

2. Massage, rub the inside of the face gently, until it hurts a little, about 40 to 50 times a day, and the pain will be relieved after a few days;

3. Be sure to rinse your mouth after eating, preferably with salt water;

4. Eat some heat-clearing foods (bitter melon, lotus seeds, etc.), chrysanthemum tea, honeysuckle;

5. If you feel severe pain, you can also take some anti-inflammatory drugs;

6. Apply some ice cubes to the red and swollen areas to relieve pain.

7 Rinse your mouth alternately with hydrogen peroxide and salt water. Rinse your mouth with hydrogen peroxide first. Add twice the amount of water to the hydrogen peroxide. Do not use the original solution. Then gargle with salt water several times a day and the symptoms will be relieved. It is very effective for mild wisdom tooth inflammation.

8. Infusion treatment. If the inflammation of the wisdom tooth is severe and not controlled in time, it is necessary to treat it through infusion, because taking anti-inflammatory drugs at this stage of wisdom tooth inflammation will not have much effect.

9. Remove wisdom teeth. For wisdom teeth that are often inflamed, we should go to a dental hospital to have them removed, because 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.

Local treatment: Local treatment of wisdom tooth pericoronitis is very 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.

During the growth of wisdom teeth, we should also avoid eating spicy and irritating foods, because these foods can make our wisdom teeth inflammation more serious. So we must be careful about the consumption of these foods. Eating some foods that can reduce heat can relieve the symptoms of inflammation, and also we should not lick our teeth with our tongue.