<human>: 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)?
<bot>: 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.