Gingivitis

Gingivitis do you used to see bleeding your gums?

Does it never call your attention in other to apply appropriate treatment? Lets see together what happens.

Gingivitis is one of the gum diseases, and this is the milder form and reversible.

Statistic information

Searches realized by national institute of dental and cranio facial research (NIDCR) Showed over 90% of people 13 years or older have known some form of periodontal disease.

74% of the population between 35 and 44 years have experienced periodontal disease ( Oral health report 2000).

15% of women and 29% men between 35 and 44 years old suffer from destructive periodontal disease (healthy people 2010- conference Edition).

Causes

Constantly when you eat there are some fine food particles to remain on the teeth surfaces which become with the bacteria, dead cells and other constituent of saliva the bacterial plaque.

This plaque, if you don’t have a good oral hygiene, goes to form the first deposit on the exposed surfaces of the enamel in contact with the margins (border) of the gum.

The initial deposit appears as a thin yellowish-white line on the enamel next to the gum.

The border of the gum becomes inflamed, slightly blunted and usually the thin edge is gradually replaced with the deposit.

More the process goes on and more the gum is destroyed and replaced by additional deposit. As the accumulation continues, the gums become thickened and shortened very slowly.

Now the greater thickness of the gum tissue offers a broader shelf for the lodgment of more calculus.

We have to underline that each addition to deposit arrives more and less in layers between the inflamed soft tissue and the calculus previously deposited.

Gradually the deposit tends to spread in all direction on the surfaces of the teeth that are not kept clean by the movements of the tongue or the teeth mechanical action or by professional cleaning.

Finally the deposit ordinary replaces in form the tissue which is progressively destroyed.The earlier intervention will allow to reduce the statistic information.

Treatment or Cure

A good treatment or cure gingivitis, asks the dentist intervention who removes all calculus by clean up.

After that you can see a red, inflamed surface, which bleeds easily.

The irritation of the gum, caused by the contact of deposit, offers opportunity for infection, and suppuration from time to time.

Occasionally the breath will be foul, so the use of oral rinse and antibiotic if necessary is important.

If left untreated,the process continues to cause periodontal disease, or periodontitis. The most interesting way is to see your dentist every six month for a cleanup to prevent gingivitis.

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