Judythecat
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Can anyone help, please? Sorry if this is a bit crass to say, but just before my period each month, the gum round and behind my upper right wisdom tooth swells and is tender. I can usually resolve it with interdental brushes and brushing with a baby’s toothbrush, but this month it is actually bleeding, and really sore. I had the matching left one extracted a couple of years ago because of infection in the gum round it, and I am scared this one’s going the same way. The tooth is fully erupted, as was the left one.
Is there anything I can do to help without having to bother the dentist? Is the brushing making it worse? I am also using Corsodyl on a cotton bud round it.
I had a routine checkup at the end of January and all was well. No issues with my gums - my scores were zeros and ones, with one two between the upper right molars. My gums never normally bleed, so this is really freaking me out.
It’s a bit awkward going to the dentist with work because I teach, and I would rather not have the tooth out unless I absolutely have to. (Although the left one came out so easily I didn’t even realise she had done it!)
Thank you for reading, and I appreciate any advice.
Is there anything I can do to help without having to bother the dentist? Is the brushing making it worse? I am also using Corsodyl on a cotton bud round it.
I had a routine checkup at the end of January and all was well. No issues with my gums - my scores were zeros and ones, with one two between the upper right molars. My gums never normally bleed, so this is really freaking me out.
It’s a bit awkward going to the dentist with work because I teach, and I would rather not have the tooth out unless I absolutely have to. (Although the left one came out so easily I didn’t even realise she had done it!)
Thank you for reading, and I appreciate any advice.