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Suggest Remedy For Pain And Swelling In Gums

For the last two days, whenever i sleep on my Left side, i wake up with severe pain in my gums right behind my last left molar nd around it. The appearance is swollen and this morning, the top part of the "gum" area behind my molar looked bruised. After i woke up, i tried to move my mouth in efery direction thinking maybe i did something in my sleep to two nights in a row but i couldnt reproduce the pain. That area is still sore. After i would wake up in pain and go to sleep on the other side, the pain on the left would slowly ease down. What do you think is going on?
Mon, 18 Aug 2014
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Read your query.

Erupting wisdom tooth or impacted wisdom tooth( if there is no place for it to come out) usually present with the pain and swelling along with difficulty of opening the mouth and many other symptoms.
For the pain ibuprofen ( if you are not allergic to any medicine can be taken).

I would advice you to visit your oral and maxillofacial surgeon and have a radiograph done.If impacted you can have it extracted and if erupting with the normal position,wait till it is completely erupted.

Antibiotics like amoxicillin on prescription may be needed.
Do salt water gargling.

Hope this was useful.
Thanks and regards.
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Suggest Remedy For Pain And Swelling In Gums

Thanks for using Health Care Magic. Read your query. Erupting wisdom tooth or impacted wisdom tooth( if there is no place for it to come out) usually present with the pain and swelling along with difficulty of opening the mouth and many other symptoms. For the pain ibuprofen ( if you are not allergic to any medicine can be taken). I would advice you to visit your oral and maxillofacial surgeon and have a radiograph done.If impacted you can have it extracted and if erupting with the normal position,wait till it is completely erupted. Antibiotics like amoxicillin on prescription may be needed. Do salt water gargling. Hope this was useful. Thanks and regards.