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.
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.....