Gum disease is an unpleasant topic for many. Not everyone can be courageous and go to the doctor to find out the answer to the question of how to treat periodontal disease. To overcome fear and awkwardness, it is better to familiarize yourself in advance with what you have to go through in the dentist's chair.
How periodontal disease is treated. Diagnostics
This disease is caused by bacteria that multiply in the tissues surrounding the tooth. Due to periodontal disease, adults lose their teeth more often than tooth decay. After thirty-five years, one in three suffers from this disease. Most often, it is progressing, plaque is to blame . But a genetic predisposition also plays a significant role. There are several stages of the disease. At first, everything looks harmless - it's still gingivitis, not periodontal disease. The causes of the disease have not yet made the situation irreversible, that is, redness of the gums, slight swelling, swelling and bleeding can be a single episode.
Therefore, many do not attach importance to these symptoms. Since the pain is not so strong, only a dentist can determine periodontal disease at this stage and make a diagnosis. And that is often only after looking at the x-ray. If you hesitate with treatment and diagnosis, the disease will progress. Already not only the gum will be damaged in the subsequent stage of periodontal disease - inflammation will affect the bone. If you do not take action, then the teeth will begin to loosen. In severe cases, they will have to be removed. But if you have been diagnosed with an initial stage, then the doctor will definitely tell you how to
treat periodontal disease so that it does not come to the loss of teeth. The treatment methods that are used in modern clinics are effective. They eliminate common symptoms - bleeding and suppuration on the gums, bad breath and
tooth mobility.
Periodontal treatment
No need to diagnose yourself at home or self-medicate. The condition of the nervous and endocrine systems, the vitamin balance, have a great influence on the condition of the gums and teeth. It is also important how well gum tissue is supplied with oxygen. Often periodontal disease is a diagnostic criterion for a decrease in general immunity. You need to ask your attending physician what means you can improve it. Along the way, control the foci of inflammation in your body (for example, chronic tonsillitis).
The traditional approach to how periodontal disease is treated involves cleaning the gingival pockets (a rather traumatic procedure) and removing deposits that have accumulated around the tooth. Advanced techniques recommend a wide range of antibiotics for topical and internal use. So, Chlorhexidine is used as an additional tool for sanitizing the oral cavity and preserving the whiteness of the teeth. At home, you can use rinsing with a barberry extract, wormwood or a decoction of the roots of Russian mustard. The agrimony pharmacy and apple cider vinegar also helps. Rinsing can only help if done regularly.