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RaptorZX3
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Well i think some of you may remember me...
Since yesterday, one of my lower left molars decided to start giving me pain, but i don't know the cause of it.
I know it might be in the area of one of my deepest molars.
I noticed the gum seem to be swollen around the area between those 2 molars. Then at some point i decided to go and floss my teeth (i don't do it often). So it began to bleed, sometimes more, sometimes less. And sometimes after flossing and some bleeding, i do gargles to rinse off the blood, the water is a little colored, and sometimes 1 or 2 little "bits" of blood can be seen, not "stringy" but more like a little blood part that wouldn't really mix with the water, unless i go and press with my finger on it in the bathroom sink.
It's important to say that i don't have my wisdom teeth anymore. The last molar have a big filling on it, maybe a year or two ago, a corner of it broke, but the dentist said it can still be repaired. Then the next molar beside it have a Root Canal on it, and it's usually sensitive to pressure (the ligaments are), so i do try to not chew harder things on that side much...
But nevertheless, the gum seem to be swollen around the area between those 2 molars, with redness on the inside. It give me some pain sometimes, and ibuprofen nor naproxen seem to help with that pain.
"Normal" pain doesn't really got me with a swollen part of the gum like this. The dentist and hygienist often tell me that my gum are a little inflammed.
The swollen area of the gum in question is swollen on the outside of the gum only, it doesn't seem to be swollen on the inside. I would post a picture of that here, but i know it must be a bit too graphic for some here.
Do you think it would normally go down after a while? What should i do? Do i really need to go see the dentist for that?
Since yesterday, one of my lower left molars decided to start giving me pain, but i don't know the cause of it.
I know it might be in the area of one of my deepest molars.
I noticed the gum seem to be swollen around the area between those 2 molars. Then at some point i decided to go and floss my teeth (i don't do it often). So it began to bleed, sometimes more, sometimes less. And sometimes after flossing and some bleeding, i do gargles to rinse off the blood, the water is a little colored, and sometimes 1 or 2 little "bits" of blood can be seen, not "stringy" but more like a little blood part that wouldn't really mix with the water, unless i go and press with my finger on it in the bathroom sink.
It's important to say that i don't have my wisdom teeth anymore. The last molar have a big filling on it, maybe a year or two ago, a corner of it broke, but the dentist said it can still be repaired. Then the next molar beside it have a Root Canal on it, and it's usually sensitive to pressure (the ligaments are), so i do try to not chew harder things on that side much...
But nevertheless, the gum seem to be swollen around the area between those 2 molars, with redness on the inside. It give me some pain sometimes, and ibuprofen nor naproxen seem to help with that pain.
"Normal" pain doesn't really got me with a swollen part of the gum like this. The dentist and hygienist often tell me that my gum are a little inflammed.
The swollen area of the gum in question is swollen on the outside of the gum only, it doesn't seem to be swollen on the inside. I would post a picture of that here, but i know it must be a bit too graphic for some here.
Do you think it would normally go down after a while? What should i do? Do i really need to go see the dentist for that?
