Mouth keeps bleeding

Persistent mouth bleeding can come from irritated gums, trauma, an extraction site, or another lesion and needs an examination if it does not settle.

Healthy gum tissue should not bleed repeatedly with gentle contact. A dentist checks the bleeding site, teeth, gums, medicines, medical history, and whether a wound or infection is present.

Apply gentle pressure with clean gauze to an active site, avoid picking it, brush carefully, and record where and when the bleeding occurs.

Obtain urgent dental or medical care for heavy bleeding, dizziness, facial swelling, fever, breathing or swallowing difficulty, or bleeding after an injury or procedure that will not stop.

Ask where the blood is coming from, whether tartar or a wound is present, and what treatment and follow-up are needed.