What is pericoronitis of wisdom teeth?

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Pericoronitis of wisdom teeth refers to the inflammation of soft tissue around the crown of the third molar. It is one of the common oral diseases. The main symptom was swelling and pain of soft tissue around the crown. If the inflammation affects the masticatory muscles, it may cause mouth opening limitation to varying degrees. If it affects the pharyngeal side, there will be swallowing pain, resulting in difficulty in chewing, eating and swallowing. What is pericoronitis of wisdom teeth? Let's talk about it

What is pericoronitis of wisdom teeth?

Pericoronitis of wisdom teeth often occurs in adolescents aged 18-25 years. It is common in the mandible, and can be divided into acute and chronic. Clinically, it often appears in the form of acute inflammation. In the early stage of acute inflammation, the patient only felt slight pain and discomfort in the affected area, and the pain aggravated when chewing, swallowing and opening.

If the disease continues to develop, local pain may be spontaneous, and can be released to the ipsilateral head and face. When inflammation invades masticatory muscles, it can cause different degrees of mouth limitation. The examination showed that the gingival flap was red, swollen and erosive, with obvious tenderness, and pus overflowed when the gingival pocket was compressed. The whole body can appear different degrees of chills, fever, headache, constipation and other symptoms.

Chronic pericoronitis of wisdom teeth has no obvious clinical symptoms, only mild tenderness and discomfort. When the resistance decreases, it often leads to acute attack. Acute pericoronitis is further aggravated, which may cause infection of adjacent tissues and organs or fascia space.

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Local treatment of pericoronitis of great importance. 1% ～ 3% hydrogen peroxide solution, normal saline or other sterilization solution can be used to wash the blind bag every day, and then 3% iodine glycerin can be added. In addition, gargle with compound borax solution or Furacilin Solution several times a day. In the early stage, local physical therapy and external application of Chinese herbal medicine can also help the absorption of inflammation. Acupuncture can relieve pain and improve mouth opening. If the abscess cavity is formed, incision and drainage can be performed.