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Gum swelling
Upper jaw paining. A lot of swelling in gums, feels like wisdom tooth coming. Causing head aches as well
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Go for opg xray
Depending upon position of your wisdom teeth treatment plan will be decided
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R u sure about wisdom tooth or their couldbe any other reason.
Can consult nearby dentist for definite diagnosis.
Or can share x-ray if you have.
Next Steps
avoid self medication.
Health Tips
maintain oral hygiene.
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Gum swelling can be for various reasons. It will be better if you visit a nearby dentist and get clinically checked. Also get an x ray done.
For pain - Tab. Ketorol DT (6)
2tabs at once. Mix in 1cup of water and consume it.
Gargle with betadiene mouthwash thrice daily.
Health Tips
do not eat anything hard or sticky from that side. maintain oral hygiene.
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Hello Ma'am Welcome to Practo ,
I went through your query , As a Specialist I would like to help you .
Kindly upload an image of the swollen area to confirm the cause .
I can understand the level of pain & discomfort you have been these days , kindly donot worry I would be prescribing you medications to deal with it ,mean while upload an image to me for the management .
- Cap Sporidex 500mg
1 cap bd x 5 days
- Tab Zerodol SP
1 tab bd x 5 days
- Cap Pan D
1 Cap bd before meal x 5 days
- Betadine mouthwash gargle in lukewarm water 2-3 times a day.
Next Steps
Post me a query for the same with the image of the swollen area to get instatnt management and futher support and the prescription .
Health Tips
Avoid sticky or sweet food. I will be waiting for the reply from your side.
Have a good day.
Best wishes.
Thanks for choosing Practo.
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The best thing to do is to visit a near by dental office with a full mouth Dental Xray (OPG) which would help the doctor confirm the presence of the impacted wisdom tooth , and whether the arch length is big enough favouring eruption ( deciding on the position and angulation of the impacted tooth ). The doctor would take a call on the treatment if to go in for the tooth extraction or not .
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Take a digital full mouth dental xray OPG
Health Tips
If the wisdom tooth is unfavourable for eruption taking into account the adjacent tooth and the alignment of teeth in thst particular jaw . GET them extracted
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If it's generalized swelling then it is mostly due to improper hygiene, u need cleaning and proper hygiene regime... If it's local to ur last molar then probably due to ur wisdom tooth u need to keep that area clean if not cure then get it remove...
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