It isn’t a good day for you. Your dentist just told you have receding gums. Now you’re wondering: “Does gum tissue grow back?” The happy answer is that it does, or can, but it needs help from you and your dental care professional in order to make it happen. Gum disease is the leading cause of extensive of gum damage. Feel fortunate that you found out the problem before you developed things like loose and sensitive teeth. If you already have sensitive or loose teeth, don’t waste any more time. Get yourself back to your dentist to get help with your receding gum problem. It’s always helpful to walk in with some knowledge of the receding gum treatments. Here are a few of the procedures your dentist will be considering.
- scaling and root planting
- gum regeneration
- soft tissue graft
When your receding gums aren’t overly severe, the first procedure your dentist is likely to recommend is scaling and root planting. One of the most important parts of the procedure is when the dentist removes all signs and traces of anaerobic bacteria, the bacteria that cause gum disease. If any infection is left behind, it is much easier for it to damage all of your and your dentist’s hard work. Once the infection is gone, your dentist will smooth out any damaged, rough areas on the affected teeth. This leaves the perfect environment for your gums to begin the regrowth process. This treatment is very effective.
Gum regeneration is similar to scaling and root planting in that the goal is the same-gum regrowth. Gum regeneration goes one step further than scaling and root planting though. Once the teeth are clean of infection and smoothed out, the dentist will apply an agent designed specifically for you to encourage the gums to grow. This procedure is usually used for moderate to severe cases of gum disease and receding gums.
Your dentist may consider a soft tissue graft if the other options fail or the gum disease is too far progressed. As with the other treatments, the dentist will first remove all traces of bacteria and infection. The next step is to harvest healthy gum tissue from other unaffected areas of the mouth and graft them onto the damaged areas. It may take several attempts for this process to be fully successful. Some patients complain of discomfort, but the ugly alternative is losing teeth and being stuck with a bridge or dentures.
It’s nice to know that gum tissue does grow back. It’s just requires some help from a dental care professional if you are looking for immediate results. Once your gums and teeth are disease-free, use OraMD© to keep them that way. Or you could simply use OraMD© to help keep your mouth and gums clean and healthy so that your body can grow the gum tissue back. This gum regeneration process is slower but much better in the long run. Not to mention it would be much cheaper to try a natural option before surgery. OraMD© can help you with everything from receding gums to advanced periodontal disease.
