Canton Michigan gum disease
The important thing you can do to prevent gum disease is to visit our dental practice, Cavalier Family Dental for dental exams and dental cleanings. Making sure that your teeth remain plaque and tartar free, will go a long way toward preventing
Canton Michigan gum disease.
Our expert dentist, Dr. Joseph Gondoly, can perform a complete dental exam on a periodic basis. During this exam he will thoroughly assess your gum health. If it is determined that you have developed gingivitis, a precursor to gum disease, he will probably recommend that you have several regular dental cleanings over the coming months to help your gums return to good health. Gingivitis is a condition that leads to gum disease, so stopping gingivitis in its tracks is one important way to avoid Canton Michigan gum disease. Of course, it is also important that you regularly brush and floss your teeth at home using proper brushing and flossing techniques. Our dentist or dental hygienist can review these techniques with you so that you too can retain healthy teeth and a healthy gums. When plaque remains on your teeth for any period of time, it will harden and turn into tartar. At this point, no amount of tooth brushing will be able to remove it, since tartar is a hard, mineralized substance that tightly adheres to teeth. When tartar remains on teeth, it will cause deep pockets to form between your teeth and gums. When infection forms in these deep pockets due to the accumulation of tartar, plaque, and bacteria, you have gum disease. If gum disease is left untreated, it can travel down to your jawbone and cause teeth to loosen and even fall out. Infection from gum disease can even travel through your bloodstream to other parts of your body and cause serious medical problems. For all these reasons you definitely want to avoid getting gum disease.
To keep your mouth healthy and free of
Canton Michigan gum disease, contact our office for a dental checkup and a dental cleaning.
By Cavalier Family Dental
January 23, 2017
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