{"id":406,"date":"2015-10-14T01:45:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T01:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vistadoradadental.com\/blog\/?p=406"},"modified":"2015-10-14T01:45:55","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T01:45:55","slug":"is-a-gum-pimple-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vistadoradadental.com\/blog\/is-a-gum-pimple-a-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a gum pimple a problem?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>`My husband was messing with his mouth, saying it hurts. I looked at it and he has a pimple on his gums. \u00a0We popped it and got out all the goop, but it keeps coming back. \u00a0Is this something dental?<\/p>\n<p>Helen M. &#8211; Washington<\/p>\n<p>Helen,<\/p>\n<p>Yes, this is something dental. \u00a0It sounds to me like he has a dental abscess. This can get serious and your husband needs to see an <a href=\"https:\/\/vistadoradadental.com\/emergency-dentist-gilbert.html\">emergency dentist<\/a> or get an emergency appointment with his existing detnist if he has one.<\/p>\n<p>An abscess means his tooth is infected. That infection will spread. \u00a0It can become a serious issue quickly. \u00a0Your mouth is close to your brain and that is one of the LAST places you&#8217;d want an infection to spread to.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t something that can be fixed with just antibiotics. \u00a0The dentist will have to get in there and physically remove the infected tissue.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let him put off being seen.<\/p>\n<p>This blog is brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/vistadoradadental.com\">Gilbert Dentist<\/a> Dr. Matt Roper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>`My husband was messing with his mouth, saying it hurts. I looked at it and he has a pimple on his gums. \u00a0We popped it and got out all the goop, but it keeps coming back. \u00a0Is this something dental? Helen M. &#8211; Washington Helen, Yes, this is something dental. \u00a0It sounds to me like &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vistadoradadental.com\/blog\/is-a-gum-pimple-a-problem\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is a gum pimple a problem?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[282,172,195,101],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dental-emergency-2","tag-abscessed-tooth","tag-gilbert-dentist","tag-gilbert-emergency-dentist","tag-pimple-on-gums"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is a gum pimple a problem? - Vista Dorada Dental Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vistadoradadental.com\/blog\/is-a-gum-pimple-a-problem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is a gum pimple a problem? - Vista Dorada Dental Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"`My husband was messing with his mouth, saying it hurts. 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