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Suggest Treatment For Pain In Wisdom Tooth

My erupted wisdom tooth sometimes aches off and on and has just started to ache again while in college. It only does this when I floss between it or apply a lot of pressure with a finger. I have no history of cavities and my recent dentist visit three months ago said it looked great. Is it possible it's growing in further? It has been coming in for a little less than a year now.
Wed, 19 Nov 2014
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Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
The pain in the wisdom tooth could be because of the gum infection over the wisdom tooth (pericoronal infection leading to abscess formation).
Consult a oral physician and get a radiograph done to rule the amount of space present for the tooth to erupt if space is there for the tooth to erupt then the gum covering over the wisdom tooth can be removed.
If the space is not available then you have to get the wisdom tooth removed.
you can take a course of antibiotics like amoxicillin and metronidazole (if you are not allergic).
Do saline gargling. i hope my answer will help you, take care.
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Suggest Treatment For Pain In Wisdom Tooth

Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query. The pain in the wisdom tooth could be because of the gum infection over the wisdom tooth (pericoronal infection leading to abscess formation). Consult a oral physician and get a radiograph done to rule the amount of space present for the tooth to erupt if space is there for the tooth to erupt then the gum covering over the wisdom tooth can be removed. If the space is not available then you have to get the wisdom tooth removed. you can take a course of antibiotics like amoxicillin and metronidazole (if you are not allergic). Do saline gargling. i hope my answer will help you, take care.