I
have been suffering from toothache since 2/3 days. So, I decided to have my
dental checkup in my own hospital BPKIHS (Oral Medicine Department). At that
time I truly realized that the dental pain is very hard to tolerate. I met a dentist there in the department. He suggested me to take X-ray of lower left
back side of oral cavity. The report showed that the third molar (last tooth)
was erupting but striking the soft tissues and a part of bone (mandible).
Hence, he suggested me go for extraction of that tooth. The diagnosis was ‘Pericoronitis’.
He prescribed me some medicines such as Amoxicillin, Metronidazole, Ibuprofen
and Pantoprazole and asked me come back within few days for extraction.
Pericoronitis
is inflammation of the soft tissues surrounding the crown of a partially
erupted tooth, including the gingiva (gums) and the dental follicle. It is very
common and pain is the most common and most severe symptoms of it. Extraction
of the indicated tooth is the treatment only if pericoronitis is recurrent or patient’s
will to remove the tooth. Proper oral hygiene and sometimes scaling of that
particular erupting tooth is helpful without extraction. We should take the
advice from dentist and do accordingly.
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