Periostitis of the jaw (flux) is an inflammation of the jaw. The main symptoms of flux - swelling of the gums, accompanied by severe pain.
The flux may complicate diseases such as pulpitis and periodontitis.
symptoms of flux
Flux begins with gingival swelling. Initially, it is small, but after a couple of days apply to cheeks and lips. Depending on the location of the flux, the swelling may progress to the infraorbital region or submandibular.
As the edema progresses possible temperature rise to 38 ° C and spread of pain until the temporal region.
Flux danger that it can become chronic. This is likely to happen if a fistula - a channel through which the pus comes out. When this occurs the patient the illusion of recovery, because the inflammatory process subsides.
If left untreated the flux at this stage, the infection may continue to spread, which is fraught with the development of osteomyelitis (Inflammation which affects bone cells), and prolonged delaying treatment can lead to infection and blood.
Treatment
flux treatment is conservative and operative.
By resorting operation when expressed inflammation. The doctor disinfects the wound site through a small incision in the gum. Pus with the set escapes through drainage. If it becomes clear that the reason for the flux - the aching tooth, are more likely to remove it.
Conservative treatment often assigned elderly patients. Such therapy includes the use of NSAIDs (nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs), e.g. lornoxicam (Ksefokam).
