Child's tooth abscess

 

About a month ago, I haven't had time to write in a while, my child comes to me worried about a pain in his gums. I look to see what he has and my legs go numb at first. The abscess on his right cheek is huge, a swelling the size of a sea cucumber with two white dots that seemed to be oozing pus. He told me that it hurts moderately, bearably.

What do you say to the doctor in such cases? Aaaaaaaaa! Panic! Infection! Antibiotics! Don't let the infection spread! Pus! Is that right?

What did we do?

I told the child to try to brush his teeth several times if he could, in the idea of ​​getting the pus out of his gums faster. I also explained what he has so that he understands that there is nothing to be afraid of. I didn't urge him to look in the mirror so he wouldn't be scared.

So? What's the matter? A conflict of dirt and that's it.

Do you know how pimples appear on your face? Do you panic when you have such a pimple? Infection? Antibiotics? Of course not, you'll laugh. The same process is in the case of an abscess. The gum is part of the same category of tissues as the skin, only it's in the mouth. When you put your dirty hand on the skin, the body feels the dirt and a pimple appears to keep it at bay. The child had a bigger "pimple" at the table.

How did it happen? He remembered it himself. About 2 days ago he kept putting his hand in his mouth to feel a tooth next to it that was wobbling and getting ready to fall out. He also touched the gum next to the molar with the abscess. The dirty hand, from outside, from cats, from the grass, various things that a child puts his hand on in the country. The gum perceived the dirt on the finger that was touched with and reacted by swelling to keep it at bay.

The pus spots were already in the area where the gum was already releasing pus. After explaining to the child what he had, I reminded him for I don't know how many times not to put his dirty hands in his mouth and I asked him to brush his teeth as much as he could in the area with the abscess at least 2 times a day. In two days he had nothing left. I didn't treat him with anything at all. I just talked to him and recommended that he keep his hands and mouth clean.

Good health to everyone and thank you Dr. Hamer!

Geo