<human>: I was brushing my teeth the other day and felt a pain when I brushed my gums above my Left Canine. I floss every day, and haven t had a cavity since I had baby teeth. It has been about four days since I first noticed and felt any pain (pain is not constant or searing, I can rub my tongue over the spot and only feel some pain). When I look in the mirror, their is inflammation around a tiny white spot. The spot s size is maybe a sixteenth of an inch in length. I first thought it was a pimple , but now I think It could be part of the tooth . Also this area and inflammation doesn t start until it is about an eight of an inch about the gum line. When I was brushing I could have nicked my gums with the plastic of the tooth brush. What I am worried about is if it is the tooth will my gums grow back and cover this spot.
<bot>: Hi, Thanks for asking the query, Pain in the gums can be due to inflammation of the gingival , trauma at the time of brushing had caused a local injury around the tooth leading to exposed tooth surface , or it can be due to infection in the tooth that had spread to the adjacent gingival. I would suggest you to get a checkup done . Take an x-ray of the tooth. Get complete mouth scaling and polishing done . Apply colonel oral ointment topically over the affected area. Use chlorhexidine mouthwash gargles twice daily. Hope this helps out. Regards.....