This is an example of what we call acute pericoronitis, where the gum is over the wisdom tooth and food can get trapped there, which leads to swelling and pain.
The first step is to remove the food and plaque trapped there, then we either do an operculectomy (cutting part of the gum over the tooth). This is for younger people, 17 years to early 20s. But most times, there’s a possibility the gum grows back over the tooth. 😅
So, the definitive treatment is to take out that tooth: a surgical extraction.
Some people feel toothpaste can solve tooth pain. No, it can’t. A toothpaste with fluoride, which can be Colgate, will help prevent you from having dental cavities, gum issues and the likes.
In all, always brush your teeth twice daily.
Anytime people fail to recognize Dune as a commentary on colonialism and resource extraction in the Middle East, I worry how many authors will shy away from writing anti-heroes because they don’t trust today’s readers to understand they don’t endorse these characters
longing for the day people understand that Paul Atreides is supposed to be white because he's a critique of the white savior trope
the whole point of Dune is to warn against charismatic imperialists who manipulate Indigenous peoples to consolidate their own power
Not even just the kid getting married. I had to have surgery and both my parents were there. I was like 33. Like that co-parenting shit never ends. Y’all mfs are family til you or that kid dies. And even then…
they tried to silence me anyway they could and i told them it wouldn’t work. YES SHAUN KING SON IS A RAPIST HE ALSO SEXUALLY ASSAULTS WOMEN RELIGIOUSLY. HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED ME 10/06/2026 after spelhouse hoco kickoff party at lost dog tavern in buckhead.
Black pride grew out of a fight against oppression. White pride became a slogan used by people fighting to preserve racial dominance. History isn't complicated unless you're determined to ignore it.
Zohran Mamdani: “I believe there must be room to mourn every single life. There must be room to mourn the lives of the more than 1,100 Israelis that Hamas killed three years ago. There must be room to mourn the 74K Palestinians the Israeli government had killed since. What I so appreciated about being at the vigil yesterday evening, as I had been the year before, is that it was a vigil that brought together New Yorkers to read testimonies of their own family members, of others who’ve been killed either on the day or in the genocide since and ends with a shared vision for peace and for an end to the genocide”