What Happens When You Have Periodontal Disease

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU

• HAVE PERIODONTAL DISEASE

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• PERIODONTAL DISEASE IS CAUSED BY BACTERIAL
  INFECTION

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• Family dentists diagnose and treat periodontal
  disease to help you avoid losing teeth from a
  serious infection that spreads through soft
  tissues inside the mouth.

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• Periodontal disease rarely occurs when you visit
  a dental professional on a regular basis to have
  plaque removed from teeth along with having
  cavities filled.

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• Plaque is a hard substance that collects toward
  the base of teeth or in difficult to reach areas,
  and it contains bacteria that destroy dental
  enamel.

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• Without quick intervention from a dentist, the
  bacteria multiply to invade your dental pulp and
  gum tissue.

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• GINGIVITIS SYMPTOMS BEGIN FIRST

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• Before developing periodontal disease, you will
  have gingivitis that affects only the gum tissue
  with symptoms such as

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Swollen tissue at the base of your teeth
Reddish or purplish gum tissue
A foul taste in your mouth
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Your gum tissue may look shiny
Chronic halitosis despite daily dental hygiene
Pain while drinking beverages or chewing food
Bleeding from the gums while brushing or flossing
your teeth
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• WHAT LEADS TO GINGIVITIS?

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• You might be predisposed to gingivitis because of
  an inherited tendency, but in most cases, it is
  caused by

Poor dental hygiene
Mental stress
Bad habits such as smoking cigarettes
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• Poor diet may also increase the likelihood of
  developing gingivitis if you seldom consume
  vegetables or fruit that contains essential
  vitamins.

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• If you have misaligned teeth, then removing
  plaque from tight spaces is often difficult,
  leading to bacteria that infects soft tissues in
  the mouth.

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• HOW PERIODONTAL DISEASE IS DIAGNOSED

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• When you fail to seek assistance from a dentist
  for gingivitis as quickly as possible, the
  condition progresses to become periodontal
  disease.

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• Cosmetic dentists can find evidence of this
  infection with a visual examination using a probe.

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• In addition, X-ray images will show where there
  is infection inside the gum tissue.

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• A diagnosis of periodontitis is serious because
  it can lead to infection in ligaments and
  alveolar bone that causes loss of teeth.

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• DENTAL PROFESSIONALS MUST CLASSIFY PERIODONTITIS

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• There are seven levels of infection that family
  dentists look for to classify periodontal disease.

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• Gingivitis is the first classification and is
  treatable with removal of plaque during a
  thorough dental cleaning.

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• Gingivitis is the first classification and is
  treatable with removal of plaque during a
  thorough dental cleaning.

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• During this stage of periodontal disease, a
  patient often takes antibiotics to eliminate
  infection lurking in the oral tissues.

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• The highest level of infection from periodontitis
  involves seeing abscesses on gum tissue.

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• A dentist must also determine exactly where the
  infection is located by inspecting six areas
  around each tooth.

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• When 30 of these sites are infected, the
  condition is considered localized, but if more
  are infected, then the periodontal disease is
  diagnosed as generalized.

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• The last measurement of periodontitis infection
  is determining the amount of ligament loss.

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• HOW PERIODONTAL DISEASE IS TREATED

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• It is important for you to realize that pain and
  loose teeth are the last or most severe signs of
  periodontal disease

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• and family dentists must intervene immediately
  with invasive treatment to remove the infectious
  tissue.

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• The first treatment includes scaling the teeth
  with an instrument to remove calculus before
  debridement or removal of infected tissue.

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• When X-rays reveal calculus on the roots of
  teeth, you require a root planing.

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• For this procedure, you are anesthetized as the
  dentist inserts a curette to scrape infection
  from sensitive dental roots.

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If you are seeking professional dental advice,
it's time to call Shumway Dental Care.
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Their Chandler dentists will ask you questions,
examine you, and determine exactly what needs to
be done to get you back to normal.
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Call today for an appointment. Visit
http//www.mychandlerdentists.com/
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1 Chandler, AZ 85286 [phone] shumwaydentalc
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