What is the treatment for swollen and painful gums?
Patient: Hi, I removed my lower wisdom tooth (horizontal impaction) before 10 days.Got my sutures removed on the 5 th day from the day of surgery. Now , When i open my mouth to yawn or have a large spoon of food I have a tough strong pain in the lower jaw same side where the tooth was extracted.The gums in that side is swollen,hard and painful. I am worried if my jaws will be painful here after or it is supposed to be like this for few days after a surgical extraction of wisdom tooth Doctor: Hi,Thanks for posting the query,             I would like to tell you that pain, swelling, fever, nausea, dizzinesss are common side effects after tooth extraction you dont worry about the symptoms as they will subside after some time by its own, difficulty in mouth opening is due to the swelling, i would suggest you to follow the post operative instructions given to you properly, take lukewarm saline and antiseptic mouthwash rinses at home, take complete course of antibiotics and analgesics, take multivitamin suplements.                                                                                              Take care!