冠周炎是口腔科较常见的一种多发病,是在牙体萌出过程中,龈瓣覆盖于牙冠,形成盲袋,潜伏在盲袋中的食物残屑和细菌引起的牙冠周围软组织的炎症。以下颌第三磨牙多见,一般多发于18～29岁之间的年轻人。好发季节7～9月。在门诊同期初诊人数统计中,冠周炎发病率占40%左右,目前对冠周炎的治疗方法较多,多采用抗生素治疗。常用青霉素、链霉素、红霉素、螺旋霉素及麦迪霉素等以及局部处置和理疗。但大部分病例疗效慢,疗程长,个别病例因经常用抗生素,不但疗效差而且有时出现副作用及毒性反应。我科从75年以来,临床试用中草药治疗冠周炎150余例,收到较满意的疗 Pericoronitis is a more common dental disease, is eruption in the tooth during the process, the gingival flap covered the crown, the formation of blind bags, lurking in the blind bag of food debris and bacteria caused by the crown around the soft tissue Inflammation. To the lower jaw more common third molar, the general occurrence of young people between 18 to 29 years old. Good season 7 ~ September. Statistics in the outpatient clinic over the same period, the incidence of pericoronitis accounted for about 40%, the current treatment of pericoronitis more, the use of antibiotic treatment. Common penicillin, streptomycin, erythromycin, spiramycin and midecamycin, as well as local treatment and physiotherapy. However, most cases of slow response, long course of treatment, often due to individual cases of antibiotics, not only poor efficacy and sometimes side effects and toxicity. Our department from the past 75 years, more than 150 cases of clinical trial of Chinese herbal medicine treatment of pericoronitis, received more satisfactory treatment