Hurting gum after tooth extraction: what to do

Tooth extraction is quite common, both in children and adults.Modern medicine allows you to carry out the procedure as painlessly as possible and quickly without consequences for the patient.But do not forget that such surgical intervention occurs as a mini-operation, because the dental surgeon performs excision of the gums, and sometimes affects the bone tissue and even sutures.

Pain in the gums after a complicated tooth extraction

If the removal was simple, then after the operation, the patient feels only a slight aching pain, which quickly passes.If you follow the hygiene of the mouth, do not chew the inflamed side and handle the hole with antiseptics, then the healing will come naturally and quickly.

The patient often notes that after a tooth extraction the gum aches, it hurts.And what if the pain in the gum does not last more than a week and is accompanied by suppuration and even hyperthermia?In this case, we can talk about the introduction of infection, pathological processes and complications, which should be immediately treated.

In fact, the body responds to any dissection of tissues with pain - this is a normal neurological reaction , whether it be a cut in the arm, ankles or gums.The more actions were performed during the amputation of the tooth, the greater the chance of prolonged and pronounced pain.

Removing the wisdom tooth

Let's figure it out when the dentist resorts to a complex operation to remove the tooth:

• the tooth roots have a florid, non-natural shape;
• crown was damaged under the root, which does not allow the doctor to catch on with the usual tools and method;
• fragile and thin bone tissue of the tooth, which breaks up into fragments with the slightest application of dental instruments;
• retina tooth, as well as removal of the third molar.

In these cases, the dental surgeon performs complex manipulations.First, the excision of the tissue over the tooth and the maximum separation from the bone of the tooth.Then the tooth is carefully cut out by the drill to the required volume and shape, and its amputation is performed.

After the tooth is pulled out and all the fragments are removed, the well is thoroughly treated with antiseptics and a disinfecting compress is applied.

We have established why the gum hurts after tooth extraction, but how long can the pain syndrome be considered the norm?

The first unpleasant sensations appear after the termination of the local anesthesia.In a day, the patient observes swelling of the tissues around the tooth: a slight swelling and redness.Painful sensations completely pass by the end of the week with a simultaneous decrease in edema, which indicates a recovery.If the unpleasant sensations only increase, and the swelling spreads from the gums to the cheek and jaw as a whole, we can talk about inflammatory processes.

What should I do in this case?

First of all, you must understand that you should not humbly bear acute pain, so take a strong painkillers( Nurofen, Ketanov), after consulting with a doctor.

You should also start making baths and compresses with chlorhexidine, a slightly pink solution of manganese, with a solution of soda and salt.

If the house has antiallergic drugs like Suprastin or Tagevil, you can take 1 pill at night or make an intramuscular injection at the permitted dosage.Such medications have anti-edematous effect, prolong the action of painkillers, allow to fall asleep, despite sharp pain.

Toothache after removal: development of alveolitis

Why does the tooth ache after removal and after carrying out sterile manipulations in the mouth such inflammation can arise?

Inflammation of the gingival hole

Usually, after the amputation of the tooth, the hole is blocked by a blood clot, which is the normal stage of the healing process.Sometimes the clot can be yellowish because of the release of fibrin. But if the patient noticed the suppuration of the area and the secretion of fluid, then we should talk about inflammation of the gingival hole called "alveolitis".

Gradually, the protective clot loosens and soaks due to the secretion of pus, there is an unpleasant and sharp odor from the mouth, the pain in the area and swelling become stronger.Outwardly the hole looks like a wound filled with dead cells, food remnants and a liquid with pus.

The patient, for example, can perform too much hygiene of the mouth after tooth extraction, which leads to the destruction of the protective clot.Or do not exercise elementary hygiene at all, which leads to the multiplication of microbes in food residues.

Sometimes the disease contributes to weak immunity and the recently transferred diseases, as well as the presence in the oral cavity of carious holes, bleeding and inflamed gums.

The doctor's wines are set, if a root element remains in the hole, a fragment of dental tissue.Also, an inexperienced young doctor can leave a cyst in the remote area containing a pathogenic microflora, which will cause suppuration of the wound and tissue necrosis.

The dental wines are excluded from the if the amputation was performed against the background of other inflammatory processes or weak immunity, especially if it took care of the necessary antiseptic and disinfection procedures: put an anti-inflammatory drug or a compress in the well, prescribed antibiotics and rinsing procedures.

How much will it hurt if the tooth is pulled out and the alveolitis develops?

If the gum hurts after itching is removed, you should immediately call your doctor

A painful syndrome does not pass, as well as suppuration, swelling of the area, so you should immediately consult a doctor!Antibiotics, rinses, compresses and creams at home will not give results, but can aggravate the process and lead to necrosis of bone tissue.

At the reception, the dentist will clean the hole from pus and necrotic tissues.Then it will rely on active disinfecting and anti-inflammatory drugs.All manipulations are performed under local anesthesia.After closing the wound, a specialist can prescribe a suitable antibiotic.

What to do if the tooth is pulled out, the gingiva is swollen, sore, and the following symptoms are observed: