What to do about gingivitis? Methods for treating gingivitis

Gingivitis is a symptom that we often experience, and it is also the most common oral disease. It is mainly an inflammatory lesion that occurs in the gingival tissue. Gingivitis can be divided into acute gingivitis and chronic gingivitis. The causes of different gingivitis are different. What should I do if I get gingivitis?

Gingivitis will bring pain to patients. In fact, the main cause of gingivitis is infection. Other reasons are damage to the tooth due to abnormal development of the tooth itself. Sometimes, accidental crown fractures can also easily cause gingivitis. So what should we do about gingivitis?

Due to the lack of sufficient collateral circulation, once the pulp becomes inflamed, it cannot be eliminated on its own. The pulp must be removed to relieve the symptoms, and the infection in the pulp cavity must be removed. The root canal must then be filled and sealed with biocompatible materials to prevent reinfection. The most widely used method in clinical practice is root canal therapy. With timely and effective treatment, the affected tooth can usually be saved. However, if not treated promptly, the infection will spread further, causing periapical inflammation and eventually leading to the loss of the tooth organ.

1. Treatment Methods

(1) Reversible pulpitis aims to preserve the vital pulp, and there are three types of surgery: direct pulp capping, indirect pulp capping, and pulpotomy.

(2) Irreversible pulpitis is treated with the aim of removing the pulp and preserving the affected tooth, such as root canal therapy.

What should we do if gingivitis occurs? Generally speaking, we will choose anti-inflammatory methods for treatment. The experts introduced to us the treatment of gingivitis. If the anti-inflammatory methods cannot effectively treat it, the above methods can be used for treatment. We must pay attention to protecting our teeth, maintain good living habits, and brush our teeth in the morning and evening.

2. Treatment principles

To preserve the vital pulp or the affected tooth, emergency treatment can be pulpotomy to reduce pressure. After rinsing with warm salt water, place analgesics (such as camphor phenol, eugenol or small cotton balls such as toothache water) in the caries cavity to temporarily relieve the pain. At the same time, take anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs. 1 to 2 days after the pain is relieved, depending on the specific situation of the affected tooth, choose: ① vital pulpotomy; ② pulp planing; ③ pulp replacement or root canal treatment. Teeth that have no preservation value can be extracted.