Pericoronitis is an inflammation or swelling of your gum tissue. More common in your lower teeth, it usually happens around your wisdom teeth — the third and final set of molars that most people get ...

Pericoronitis is inflammation of the tissue surrounding a third molar, otherwise known as a wisdom tooth. Symptoms can include pain, swelling, discharge, and bad breath. Pericoronitis most often ...

Pericoronitis is an infection of the gums around one or more teeth that are growing in (erupting). The infection can result ...

Pericoronitis occurs when the wisdom teeth do not have enough room to erupt through the gums. They may only partially come through the gum, which may lead to inflammation and infection of the soft ...