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Gum pain can be the leading or accompanying symptom of many diseases of the oral cavity and periodontium, i.e. the tissue surrounding the roots and crowns of teeth.
Very often, pain symptoms are temporary and are related to irritation and damage to the initially normal mucosa of the gums as a result of too intensive brushing, using a toothbrush, floss or toothpicks that are too hard, or poor fitting of dentures. All these factors can also irritate the gums chronically. If the pain persists and is accompanied by bleeding, redness and swelling of the gum, it is inflammation, usually caused by bacteria that build up in plaque and tartar, which penetrate the gums that undergo regular micro-injuries even more easily. Long-term gingivitis, if left untreated, leads to periodontitis called periodontitis. In this disease, the structures that hold the teeth in the right position are weakened, which causes them to loosen and eventually lose. Comprehensive tooth cleaning, which consists of regular tooth brushing and tartar removal, reduces the risk of these diseases.
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Gingivitis, the manifestation of which is pain or soreness, for example, has a different etiology. Gingival pain may be associated with the appearance of erosions or ulcerations of the mucosa, e.g. in the course of viral infections such as chicken pox, shingles, herpes. Inflammation is also susceptible to nutritional deficiencies (especially vitamin C deficiency, which causes scurvy, which is rare today), leukemia, immunosuppressive treatment with cyclosporine A, and the use of certain anti-epileptic drugs (phenytoin derivatives) and anti-hypertension (calcium channel blockers). These three types of drugs can cause drug-induced gingival overgrowth.
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Gum pain, usually limited to the area of the affected tooth, also occurs in the course of complications of untreated tooth decay, such as gangrene of the tooth pulp or periapical abscess.
bow. med. Aleksandra Czachowska
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