Medicine For Dental Infection

  • It is an infection of tooth and gums of oral cavity and mainly identify and diagnosed by:
    1. Pain or inflammation in tooth & gums
    2. Tooth decay or infection
    3. Feeling of throbbing pain
    4. Swelling in or around your tooth or gum
    5. Sharp pain when touch or bite down tooth
    6. Sharp pain cool water touch tooth.
    7. Even pain during eating food
    8. Due to dental infection changes structure and function of teeth
    9. Enamel damage
    10. Tooth erosion and decay
    11. Dental cavity
    12. Gum inflammation
    13. Damage of pulp, dentin
    14. Damage of nerves & blood vessels
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➭ DENTAL INFECTION CAUSES

  • Bacteria are most common for reason behind dental infections
  • Poor dental hygiene Gums
  • Not brushing your teeth 2 times a day
  • High sugar diet
  • Eating excessive sweets
  • Drinking soda
  • Sensitive teeth
  • Gum disease
  • Impacted tooth
  • Inflammation tooth pulp
  • Pus formation in gum
  • Tooth decay
  • Abscess
  • Cracked tooth

➭ SIGN & SYMTOMS

  • Fever and tooth pain
  • Severe persistent, throbbing toothache
  • Sensitivity to hot and cold temperatures
  • Sensitivity to the pressure of chewing or biting
  • Swelling in face or cheek

➭ DENTAL INFECTION TREATMENT

  • Following are main six strategy for treatment and management:
    1. Pain relievers for tooth pain
    2. Antibiotics to reduce infection
    3. Dental analgesic for tooth pain
    4. Salt water rinse for tooth pain
    5. Cold compress for tooth pain
    6. Dental surgery for tooth pain

1. ANALGESIC (PAIN KILLERS)

  • Non-opioid painkillers
  • This includes paracetamol
  • Some of these are available over the counter from pharmacies
  • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS)
  • Aspirin, naproxen (Aleve), and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) are examples of OTC NSAIDs
  • Aceclofenac is a non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs (NSAID)
  • It works by blocking the release of certain chemical messengers that cause pain and inflammation (redness and swelling)
  • Diclofenac is used to relieve pain, swelling (inflammation), and joint stiffness caused by arthritis.

2. ANTIBIOTICS FOR REDUCE INFECTION

  • Antibiotics of the penicillin class, such as penicillin and amoxicillin, are most commonly used to help treat tooth infections.
  • Their antimicrobial activity reduce the amount the bacteria causing pain
  • Cephalosporin’s such as:
    1. Ceftriaxone
    2. Cefepime
  • An antibiotic called metronidazole may be given for some types of bacterial infections.
  • It's sometimes prescribed with penicillin in order to cover a larger variety of bacterial species.
  • Other antibiotics also works to reduced growth of microbes in oral cavity and reduced pain and infections. (Any one from):
    1. Ampicillin or Amoxicillin
    2. Cefixime or Ceftriaxone
    3. Azythromycin or Erythromycin
    4. Doxycycline

3. DENTAL ANALGESIC

  • Clove oil contains the active ingredient eugenol, which is a natural anesthetic
  • It helps numb and reduce pain to ease a toothache
  • Eugenol also has natural anti-inflammatory properties
  • It may reduce swelling and irritation in the affected area

4. SALT WATER RINSE FOR DENTAL INFECTION

  • If we have a toothache, until we can get to the dentist, one of the best things we can do is swish and gargle warm, salty water around in our mouth.
  • A good mix is 1/2 teaspoon table salt to 8 ounces of water.
  • Spit it out, don't swallow it.

5. COLD COMPRESS

  • If we note swelling or simply want to relieve the pain from a toothache, try a cold compress to the side of our face.
  • A cold compress might help reduce swelling and ease the inflammation.
  • Crush some ice and fill into ice bag or ice into a washcloth to be used as a cold compress.

6. DENTAL SURGERY

  • Dental surgery is any of a number of medical procedures that involve.
  • Artificially modifying dentition in other words.
  • Surgery of the teeth, gums and jaw bones.

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