Gum problems please help

Teerah

Kantankrus_Mare wrote: »

Read this post with interest as I have been having treatment every three months at the dentist for the last couple of years.

Have been very scrupulous with my oral hygiene for the last three months and using interdental brushes, mouthwash etc so was hoping for some improvement.

Was absolutely gutted when I heard the hygienist saying 6's and 7's for some areas of my mouth. could have cried.

Im a non smoker, have never smoked and eat pretty healthily.

She brought the main dentist through and they explained that the next step would be to refer me to a specialist as they had done all the treatment they could do.

The nearest one is in Leeds. A round trip of four hours :eek:

Obviously will cost me as well. Hundreds probably.

Dont know what Im doing wrong?

Hygienist said Im doing a good job of cleaning them as their isnt much tartar but has booked me in for another three months time to deep scrape the problem areas.

I have some Q10 in cupboard which I am going to start taking regularly and try to further improve my veg and fruit intake.

Not sure what else I can do?

Once bone loss has occurred, it will never grow back and repair to its original levels so its a case of maintenance at your current levels. What you should find is a decrease in inflammation and this is a sign that the process is slowing down/ stopping.

If it has only been 3 months since you have been cleaning scrupulously then it is possibly too early to tell whether or not you can control it longterm.

moomin_white

Kantankrus_Mare wrote: »

Read this post with interest as I have been having treatment every three months at the dentist for the last couple of years.

Have been very scrupulous with my oral hygiene for the last three months and using interdental brushes, mouthwash etc so was hoping for some improvement.

Was absolutely gutted when I heard the hygienist saying 6's and 7's for some areas of my mouth. could have cried.

Im a non smoker, have never smoked and eat pretty healthily.

She brought the main dentist through and they explained that the next step would be to refer me to a specialist as they had done all the treatment they could do.

The nearest one is in Leeds. A round trip of four hours :eek:

Obviously will cost me as well. Hundreds probably.

Dont know what Im doing wrong?

Hygienist said Im doing a good job of cleaning them as their isnt much tartar but has booked me in for another three months time to deep scrape the problem areas.

I have some Q10 in cupboard which I am going to start taking regularly and try to further improve my veg and fruit intake.

Not sure what else I can do?

one thing to get straight is that tartar isn't the cause of the pocketing -tartar is calcified plaque thus is dead and doesn't damage the gums. What it does do is create more surface area for the plaque (live bacteria) to accumulate.

Are the interdental brushes you are using snuggly fitting in all the spaces? if they are too small they won't remove all the bacteria. The other thing i get my patients to use if brushing and id brushes aren't working, is a single tufted brush (i will private message you with a link that shows you how to use). This looks like a artists paintbrush and where there are deep pockets -i advise for this to be aimed up into the gum margin and used in a circular brushing motion.

I have found this works pretty well -but can be a bit tedoius to do(however worth it!)

some people are susceptible to gum disease and to the various extents, but it's worth continuing to keep on top of your oral hygiene and not to get despondent

Kantankrus_Mare

Thanks for the info moomin.......this brush could well be helpful to me as its right at the back Im struggling with.

After reading up on here and other sights I also think I have been using the brushes in between my teeth wrong.

I have been pushing them through once......not backwards and forwards several times.

Making me paranoid.

Is it sensible to clean teeth straight after eating or to wait half an hour or so?

Teerah....I have been having treatment for two years and will agree I have not been consistent with the scrupulous cleaning till the last three months.

Will carry on with a vengeance now. Having seen what it may cost me to see a specialist in gum disease :eek:

Teerah

I cant help feel there has been a failure on the part of who is treating you if they have not ensured you are using the brushes properly when you have been receiving treatment for two years now