Gum Disease / Gum Disease Treatment

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Gum disease includes a wide range of diseases, but gingivitis is the most common disease. Gingivitis is a bacterial infection of the tissues in the mouth where the gums in your mouth start to swell up and the potential could lead it to become a serious issue of gum disease. Since a bone recession is not visible to the naked eye, and if left undetected, this could lead to tooth loss, it is important to visit your dentist for professional examinations and dental cleanings to identify gingivitis.   

At Minty Smiles, we make sure that all of our patients are happy and leave our office with a beautiful smile. We help guide you so that you have a good and healthy oral care routine.


Gum Disease Symptoms

  • Bleeding gums during tooth brushing or otherwise
  • Sensitive, red, or swollen gums
  • Bad breath
  • Teeth that are loose or appear to have shifted
  • Loose teeth
  • Receding gums
  • Tooth loss
  • Toothache or Ulcers


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If you are experiencing any of the warning signs you should consult with the nearest dentist to see if you are experiencing gingivitis These could become risk factors causing you to get intensive gum treatment.The main causation to gingivitis include, improper dental hygiene, medical conditions, saliva flow inhibitors, poor functional habits, poor oral hygiene.

Gum Disease Treatment

What are non-surgical medications for gum disease? 

Professional dental cleaning:

Amid a normal checkup, your dental practitioner or dental hygienist evacuates plaque and tartar that build up and harden on the tooth surface. (Plaque is the ‘film' that covers teeth, which can lead to cavities and gum illness. Tartar is the difficult, yellowish profound store on teeth,) When plaque and tartar reach this level of build-up, they can as it was being evacuated with proficient cleaning. 

Cleaning expels plaque and tartar from over and underneath the gum line of all your teeth. In case you have got a few signs of gum illness, your dental practitioner may suggest proficient dental cleaning more than twice a year.

Scaling and root planing: 

Usually a deep-cleaning, non-surgical strategy that's done beneath nearby anesthesia. Solidified plaque and tartar (also called calculus) are scratched absent (scaling) from over and underneath the gum line. Moreover, any rough spots on the tooth root are made smooth (planing). Smoothing the harsh spots evacuates microbes and gives a clean surface for the gums to reattach to the teeth.

What are surgical procedures for gum disease? 

Flap surgery/Pocket lessening surgery: 


During this method, the gums are lifted back and the tartar is evacuated. In a few cases, irregular surfaces of the harmed bone are smoothed out. This limits the zones where disease-causing microscopic organisms can cover-up. The gums are at that point set so that the tissue fits cozily around the tooth. Decreasing the space between the gum and tooth too limits the zones where destructive microbes can develop. The chance of genuine health problems that can emerge from periodontal infection is additionally reduced.

Bone grafts:

Bone grafts utilize parts of your own bone, synthetic bone, or given bone. Joins supplant bone – and offer assistance bone regrow – in zones crushed by the periodontal illness. This reestablishes the secure connection of the teeth to the bone. Another method, called tissue building, prompts your own body to make unused bone and tissue at a quick rate.

Soft tissue grafts: 

This strategy fortifies lean gums or fills in places where gums have retreated (ranges where the root of the tooth is uncovered). United tissue, most frequently taken from the roof of the mouth, is at that point sewed in place.

Guided tissue recovery:

Performed when the bone supporting your teeth has been devastated, this method fortifies bone and gum tissue development. Exhausted  combination with fold surgery, a little piece of mesh-like texture is embedded between the bone and gum tissue. This keeps the gum tissue from developing into the region where the bone ought to be, permitting the bone and connective tissue to regrow to better support the teeth.

Bone surgery: 

Bone surgery smoothes shallow holes within the bone due to direct and progressed bone loss. Following fold surgery, the bone around the tooth is reshaped to diminish the cavities. This makes it harder for microbes to gather and grow.

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