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Swelling of gums
I have had my lower molar tooth extracted 12 days ago. The tooth was badly decayed and the crown was broken on the gum line so my dentist had to do a surgical extraction. It's been 12 days now my gum is still swollen. I have been using warm salt water 3-4 times a day ,regularly ,still there's no improvement. I have mild pain when I press my jaws but otherwise there is no extreme pain. Please if anybody could answer that how long this swelling will remain. And is it normal to swell for more than 10 days?
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.i hope you must have taken all the prescribed medication,and warm saline gargle .even after that persistence of swelling is not normal,some time as because of forceful extraction the area of extraction leads to dry socket .,which pains n have swelling.
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You must visit your dentist for review.
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For the time being,you must do warm saline gargle ,as it will be helpful for
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Swelling may be due to dry socket.Take course of antibiotics along with analgesics to relieve infection. You can consult through this for prescription of medication.
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As u said u have swelling after extraction so it’s actually a sign of infection, but u need to stop using warm salt water insted u should apply ice pack over that region and get ur checkup done again, u might have dry socket and require dressing along with antibiotics
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Hello….
There might be some infection reoccurrence…
You might be having a dry socket that needs to be taken care of ..
You need to get it treated properly by the dentist where the wound is thoroughly cleaned and sometimes a dressing is applied. Once this initial stage is complete, your dentist may also treat dry socket with a course of antibiotics to help cure any infection.
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Get it examined by the dentist clinically.
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Avoid carbonated beverages,smoking and try to keep the area around it clean.
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