Lower right gum pain, radiating. Wisdom tooth?
Patient: I woke up with horrible acute pain in my lower right side of my gums associated with my back tooth and now it's radiating into the bone a little as well. Is this my wisdom tooth or could this much pain start this quickly from just inflamed gums in a localized area (either from stuck food from last night or some other acute gum disease)? Doctor: Dear friend.Thanks for sharing your concern.The cause for acute pain could be an impacted wisdom teeth.The tissues covering the teeth acts like a pouch and accumulates food debris there.upon bacterial multiplication, on decayed food debris and infection the pain arises.it may contain pus too.Therefore i would like to suggest you to visit your dentist and get yourself examined.An x ray can be very helpful in establishing better diagnosis.Meanwhile please do antiseptic mouth rinsing and warm saline rinses.Hope this helps.Thanks.Take care.