I woke up with horrible acute pain in my lower right side of my gums associated with my back tooth and now its radiating into the bone a little as well. Is this my wisdom tooth or could this much pain start this quickly from just inflamed gums in a localized area (either from stuck food from last night or some other acute gum disease)?
Dear friend. Thanks for sharing your concern. The cause for acute pain could be an impacted wisdom teeth. The tissues covering the teeth acts like a pouch and accumulates food debris there. Upon bacterial multiplication, on decayed food debris and infection the pain arises.it may contain pus too.Therefore, I would like to suggest you to visit your dentist and get yourself examined. An x-ray can be very helpful in establishing better diagnosis.Meanwhile, please do antiseptic mouth rinsing and warm saline rinses. Hope this helps. Thanks. Take care.