What to do if your child has swollen and painful gums due to inflammation

Not only adults are prone to swollen and painful gums caused by inflammation, but children can also suffer from this condition. Sometimes, children's condition is even more serious than that of adults. Children's resistance is not as good as that of adults, so once this happens, they usually recover more slowly than adults. So what should we do if children have swollen and painful gums due to inflammation? Here are some tips on dealing with swollen and painful gums.

1. Brush your teeth regularly with desensitizing or acid-resistant toothpaste. Both of these toothpastes contain fluoride, which can prevent teeth from dephosphorizing and decalcifying in an acidic environment, and has the effects of anti-acid, anti-aging, and relieving pain.

2. Brush your teeth with warm water and rinse your mouth with warm tea. Because the dental pulp nerves are sensitive to temperature, especially for teeth with worn teeth and exposed dentin, cold stimulation can cause toothache. Warm water is a natural protective agent for teeth and can prevent and treat allergic toothache. Tea contains fluoride, and gargling with warm tea regularly can protect teeth, prevent caries and treat toothache.

3. Rub garlic to relieve pain. For those with severely worn teeth and clear painful areas, you can rub the sensitive areas repeatedly with raw garlic, 1-2 times a day, each time for 1-2 minutes. After 1-2 weeks, the pain will be significantly reduced or disappear.

4. It is best to eat warm food. Because teeth metabolize best in an oral temperature of 35℃-36℃ and a weakly acidic environment with a pH of around 6.10, so do not eat foods that are too cold or too hot, or foods that are too sour or too sweet, otherwise it will cause toothache.

The above are effective methods for treating swollen and painful gums. Patients can choose appropriately and then treat them. However, swollen and painful gums are chronic diseases. During treatment, patients should maintain a certain degree of patience and optimism and face them calmly. In addition, healthy gum care is also important.

1. Choose a health toothbrush:

The brush head is small, the bristles are soft and flexible, and the brush head can rotate freely in the mouth without hurting the gums or damaging the teeth.

2. Horizontal vibration brush:

Let the brush head vibrate at a 45-degree angle between the tooth surface and the gums, with the movement range not exceeding half a tooth. After vibrating 10 times, brush vertically along the tooth surface, from top to bottom for the upper teeth and from bottom to top for the lower teeth. Key points: shake horizontally and brush vertically.

Ineffective toothbrushing is just a daily formality, squeezing toothpaste, swirling it in your mouth, and rinsing your mouth. Effective brushing requires brushing for 3 minutes to reach all the teeth.

4. Use fluoride toothpaste:

Science has fully confirmed that fluoride can increase the structure of teeth and bones, and can also prevent tooth decay very effectively, so when choosing a toothpaste, you must deliberately choose a fluoride toothpaste.