Suggest Treatment For Painful Gums

Posted on Thu, 4 Sep 2014

Question: Thank you!
The past 2-3 nights I wake up with my gums hurting?
I've never had this before so am really puzzled?

Thank you for taking my question.

Answered by Dr. Mahesh Kumar T S (26 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Gum infection, tooth infection, scaling

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
As far as the pain in the gums concerned, I have two possibilities. Either it can be because of the gum infection secondary to the deposits. These deposits becomes hard and result in formation of calculus that produces acid and dissolves the bone and gums starts receding. These conditions can produce pain in the gums.
The other cause could be secondary to tooth infection. If there is a cavity in between two teeth where the food gets lodged and irritates the gum, results in gum infection producing pain.
Nothing to be panic,Consult a oral physician and get it ruled out. You need to take radiographs like IOPAR or RVG to rule out infection in the tooth and assess the stAtus of bone.
If it is a gum infection, then get your teeth cleaned once(scaling and root planing) with a course of antibiotics like doxycycline(100mg, twice daily on first day followed by once daily for 4 days) and analgesics like ibuprofen.
If it is secondary to the tooth infection, then we have to treat the tooth.
Do saline gargling 3-4times daily.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
If any queries are there then reply me back.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T