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Gum Disease and Wisdom Teeth: Pericoronitis

6/30/2013

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Understanding how the growth of wisdom teeth affects your overall oral hygiene is important in helping u decide if you want them extracted. When the gum tissue around the wisdom tooth gets swollen and infected because of the tooth's inability to fully erupt, the condition is then known as Pericoronitis.

Your partially erupted wisdom tooth will have a flap of gum over it, and that is how food, plaque and debris which irritates the gums get trapped and causes Pericoronitis. This dental disorder creates many problems that could be detrimental to your oral health, and if it's not dealt with during its early stages, it could turn into serious gum diseases that may cause permanent damage to your jaw bone. In more severe cases, a wisdom teeth removal surgery might even be needed to remedy the problem.

When you visit our oral surgeons in Sydney, they will help you better understand your wisdom teeth situation and assess the severity of your condition. But first, here are a couple of signs and symptoms that you should look out for.

Signs & Symptoms

·         Wisdom teeth pain and swelling around the gums

·         A bad taste and smell in your mouth (pus leaking from the gums)

·         Swollen lymph nodes in the neck area right below your jaw

·         Muscle spasms and difficulty opening your mouth

·         Swelling of the cheek next to the infected area

·         Difficulty to properly bite or chew food

In certain cases of Pericoronitis, the patient can also contract a fever and general feeling of malaise when the pain becomes unbearable.

Prevention

You can make an effort to prevent gum disease caused by wisdom teeth eruption by regularly brushing and flossing the area so that food doesn't get stuck beneath the flaps. However, this could be a little tricky since wisdom teeth are hard to reach due to its positioning at the back of the mouth, and the gum that's covering a partially erupted wisdom tooth makes it even harder to access.

Treatment

In milder cases of Pericoronitis, the condition can be treated with antibiotics and possibly pain medication as well.

If the swelling keeps reoccurring, then you should speak to one of our oral surgeons in Sydney about the possibility of removing the flap of gum covering the tooth, or in more drastic cases, depending on the initial test results, we might recommend a wisdom tooth extraction procedure.

Even if the gum is removed, sometimes it grows back and covers the wisdom tooth again. And if this leads to Pericoronitis again, then perhaps you should seriously consider a wisdom teeth removal surgery so that you can prevent this dental disorder from causing further problems in the future that could cost you even more time, money and inconvenience!

 If you are looking for an experienced oral surgeon in Sydney to help you with your wisdom teeth removal, take a trip down to our clinic and get your teeth examined by Dr. Pinho and our team of highly qualified dental surgeons. Book your next appointment today by calling 1 800 WISDOM or book online at www.wisdomteethremovalsydney.com.au

4 Comments
Sharron link
7/10/2013 04:22:56 am

The signs and symptoms of pericoronitis are variable. Chronic inflammation may cause few if any symptoms, whereas an acute episode of pericoronitis, often associated with the formation of a pericoronal abscess (a collection of pus within the soft tissues), can cause significant pain and swelling. Sometimes the infection can spread to other parts of the face or neck, and rarely the swelling can start to threaten the airway and the individual is treated in hospital. Food impaction causing periodontal pain and pulpitis (toothache) secondary to dental caries (tooth decay) are also possible causes of pain associated with a third molar. The treatment of acute pericoronitis is normally addressed first by cleaning the area underneath the operculum with an antiseptic solution, and with painkillers, regular hot salt water mouthwashes/mouthbaths and improved oral hygiene in the affected area. Once the acute symptoms are controlled, the underlying cause is assessed and a decision is made as to whether to remove or retain the affected tooth. Often this is related to whether the tooth will continue to grow into the mouth and reach a normal position, or whether it is stuck against another tooth, and to other factors such as the presence of decay or periodontal disease in the area. If the tooth is retained, it usually requires improved oral hygiene in the area thereafter to prevent another episode of acute pericoronitis.

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Sharron link
7/10/2013 04:24:07 am

The signs and symptoms of pericoronitis are variable. Chronic inflammation may cause few if any symptoms, whereas an acute episode of pericoronitis, often associated with the formation of a pericoronal abscess (a collection of pus within the soft tissues), can cause significant pain and swelling. Sometimes the infection can spread to other parts of the face or neck, and rarely the swelling can start to threaten the airway and the individual is treated in hospital. Food impaction causing periodontal pain and pulpitis (toothache) secondary to dental caries (tooth decay) are also possible causes of pain associated with a third molar. The treatment of acute pericoronitis is normally addressed first by cleaning the area underneath the operculum with an antiseptic solution, and with painkillers, regular hot salt water mouthwashes/mouthbaths and improved oral hygiene in the affected area. Once the acute symptoms are controlled, the underlying cause is assessed and a decision is made as to whether to remove or retain the affected tooth. Often this is related to whether the tooth will continue to grow into the mouth and reach a normal position, or whether it is stuck against another tooth, and to other factors such as the presence of decay or periodontal disease in the area. If the tooth is retained, it usually requires improved oral hygiene in the area thereafter to prevent another episode of acute pericoronitis.

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Dental Office Miami link
9/25/2013 03:40:39 pm

In this situation most of the dentist use laser application additionally after the above treatments. In the case of scaling and root planning we have the benefit of the toxins destruction, resulting in discontinuation of the periodontal disease. Moreover, when we use the laser with the surgical treatment we have the benefits of the fast healing.

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Tay
3/7/2018 01:56:30 pm

What if the gum flap is just hanging. It’s not covering the tooth it’s hanging from the gum it self?

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