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Effective Ways To Combat Gum Disease

It is important to maintain a consistent, thorough and healthy oral hygiene routine.

This means keeping your teeth clean and free of debris, brushing thoroughly twice a day and flossing daily, using toothpaste that contains fluoride. 

Eating a balanced diet and limiting snacks between meals, making sure that children under 12 drink fluoridated water. Taking a fluoride supplement if living in a non-fluoridated area is also of benefit where oral health is concerned.

Your dentist or hygienist can assist you in your overall education in maintaining good oral hygiene techniques and also help point out areas of your mouth that may require extra attention during brushing and flossing.

Gum disease can be the result of various factors including poor hygiene, smoking, genetics, puberty, pregnancy, and menopause in women, stress, some medications, clenching or grinding your teeth, diabetes, poor nutrition and obesity.

Different stages within the development of gum disease include gingivitis, which causes the gums to become red, swollen and bleed easily and is an indication of the early stages of gum disease. Periodontitis is the more advanced form of gum disease and gingivitis, if left untreated can advance through the stages of periodontitis.

Ways in which to aid the prevention of gum disease from occurring include the brushing and flossing of teeth daily, using fluoride toothpaste, mouth rinse, not smoking, exercising, eating healthy nutritional meals, maintaining low stress levels, and visiting your dentist for regular checkups.

If you observe signs of gum disease, have gum disease symptoms or have gum disease, it would be important to visit a dentist and treating the gum disease.