The funny thing is: An awful lot of those people don’t even know they have it. If you are not sure, you can get a diagnosis from a periodontist.
You can go to your regular dentist too, but often times, and there have has been a study that documented this, dentists don’t have the same focus on your periodontal health as periodontists do.
Therefore, regardless of your age and whether you think you have this disease or not, I suggest that you go and get checked. They will probe your pocket depths – that is the rim of tissue that surrounds your teeth.
By the way, another tell tale sign of periodontal disease is that you feel pain when they do the probing. That is a sign that your gums are inflamed, even if you are visibly unable to tell. When your gums are healthy, that probing doesn’t bother you at all.
When your tissue is diseased, it will feel as if someone is sticking pins into your gums! Believe me, I’ve been on both sides of that coin. When your gums are healthy, that probing doesn’t bother them… Keep this in mind when you go in to get checked.
Pocket depths: They should not be more than 3 millimeters – that is considered normal and healthy. 4, 5, 6, 7 and beyond is considered unhealthy and one sign of a diseased state.
So what can you do at home, in addition to your normal professional dental treatments and checkups to make your gums health again?
Get yourself a hydrofloss oral irrigator.With this device, you will be able to reduce the amount of plaque build up between office visits.This device has been written about twice in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology.
Next: Get yourself some therabreath mouthwash. It is oxygenated and pH balanced.Oxygen can help to reduce the anaerobic bacteria (the bad guys) in your mouth.pH balance can also make the environment less hospitable to the ‘bad’ bacteria.
Periodontal disease or even mild gingivitis is no joke. Take action today. There are things you can do at home.Any dental professional will tell you that what you do at home is critical.They can only see you a couple to a few times a year.They cannot realistically do the important work for you!
