What can be the cause of swelling and pain in gums and teeth?
Patient: I am a 19 year old female. I take good care of my teeth everyday. Three days ago my gums began hurting and swelling on one side of my mouth it has now spread the entire way across my top gums and is starting on the bottom ones. What could cause this and do I need to see a doctor? Doctor: Do you have complains of food lodgement in your teeth and gums and have your gums ever bled? The reason for you gums to flare up like this can either be due to an infection, allergy or hereditary reasons. If you have been taking good care and have had no complains before then it may be infectious and hereditary presents with painless growth and so i feel it could be an allergic cause which may have started due to some food which you had in recent past or just in case if you have tried a new tooth paste or a mouth freshener. You can take a simple anti- allergic like cetirizine which wont harm in either case and report to a dental specialist to get it examined.