<s>[INST] At my lower left jaw, the gum surrounding the last tooth (I dont have a wisdom tooth on this side) began to swell and feel slightly painful. My tooth doesnt hurt at all, however. This morning, I woke up with a swollen uvula and puss erupted from the swollen gum around my tooth. What does this mean? [/INST] Hello, Thanks for consulting Chat Doctor, Read your query, this swollen gum and pus discharge can be due to impaction of wisdom tooth or due to peritonitis, or periodontal abscess formation in wisdom tooth. I will suggest you to consult oral surgeon and go for curettage of wisdom tooth if it is partial erupted and investigations Iowa X-ray of wisdom tooth to determine the alignment of wisdom tooth, In meantime do warm saline gargle two - three times a day. Hope this will help you. </s>