Gum disease, their difference: the causes of diseases and methods of treatment

Gum diseases are the most frequent pathologies that cause trouble, such as bleeding, pain, bad breath.All this causes discomfort.Lesions of the gums are many, but the most common are: periodontal disease, periodontitis, gingivitis.

Gingivitis

When the periodontitis is inflamed, but the connection of teeth and tissues is not affected, this lesion is called gingivitis.

The nature of the pathology may be as follows:

• Acute gingivitis.
• Chronic.
• Chronic, periodically exacerbated.

The first symptoms of gingivitis are edema and redness of the gums.In the future, when cleaning teeth, bleeding occurs, there is edema of the papillae, their proliferation.If the doctor diagnoses in time, the treatment will not take much time.

Below you can see the photo of gingivitis.

Reasons:

• Deposits.
• A recent crown( seal).
• Teeth.
• Injury of the gums( including the brush).
• Hormonal failure.
• Diabetes mellitus.
• Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and thyroid.
• In some cases, the cause is a medicine.
• Strong stress.Bad or inadequate food.
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• Wrong oral hygiene.
• Incorrect tooth arrangement.
• Infections.
• Pregnancy.

In case of a metabolic disorder, the inflammatory process lasts a long time, and will require a long and qualified treatment with .

If a dentition of the tooth has been found, a change in the color of the gums should be consulted by the dentist.Many people do not pay attention to this fact, but the disease eventually becomes chronic, and the gums begin to expand.

Treatment of

Initially, find out what caused the disease.If this is a trauma, then it is eliminated.The deposits are cleaned, the stuck bones are removed, etc. The brush does not penetrate everywhere, and tartar is formed in those places, which most often causes gingivitis.

• The gingiva is treated with an antiseptic.
• The dentist appoints rinsing and gel "Metragil Denta" to the patient.
• If the patient complies with all hygiene rules, then gingivitis will pass.

Attention!Salt, alcohol and soda solutions should not be used before consulting with the physician to avoid the burn.If the disease is not treated, gingivitis will later become hypertrophic.The mouth will not smell bad, the gum will bleed more, itch.Gray plaque and ulcers signal for ulcerative necrotic gingivitis.Then untreated pathology passes into periodontitis.

Desquamative gingivitis may develop during menopause.In this case, the upper layer departs, and the dental nerve is exposed.The reasons for the appearance have not yet been found.

Periodontitis

This disease - is a consequence of untreated gingivitis or incorrect compliance with the doctor's recommendations.There is inflammation of the tissues surrounding the tooth, the destruction of periodontal and bone tissue.The main difference between periodontitis and gingivitis is that pus is secreted from the bone pocket.

Periodontitis happens juvenal localized.They suffer from young people, and the disease affects the incisors.Inflammation is very weak, and there is practically no plaque.

• Signs of mild periodontitis: a pocket depth of up to 3.5 mm;Teeth do not stagger.Treatment is possible;Most often it is possible to save teeth.
• Manifestations of moderate periodontitis: half of the teeth are mobile, the depth of the pocket increases to 5 mm.
• In heavy form, the pocket depth is 5 mm or more.In this case, treatment requires special measures.

Symptoms:

• Pain when cleaning.
• Teeth are mobile.
• Cervical teeth are bare.
• Pus comes from the pus.
• There is a reaction to the cold, sweet, because the tooth enamel is destroyed.
• There is a temperature increase.
• If the gum is even slightly pressurized, the patient is experiencing pain.

The danger is that at first symptoms are not very pronounced .The patient does not pay attention while the disease does not approach the chronic stage.

The binder retains the tooth and protects the bone from penetration of microbes.If it collapses, the bacteria will penetrate and multiply, release toxins, which will lead to inflammation.Most often, periodontitis is a signal from the body that there is a more serious problem( for example, diabetes, leukemia and others).Then treat the disease, given the overall clinical picture.

Causes of this dental pathology:

• Smoking.
• Hormonal failure.
• Alcoholism.
• Vascular problems.
• Heredity.

The consequence of periodontitis is tooth extraction .Treatment is possible if the bone is intact, but it will be difficult and quite long.However, with its dissolution( even partial), therapeutic measures do not bring effective results.Periodontitis is not subject to complete cure - with this disease a person will have to live further.A doctor can only transfer periodontitis to remission.

The treatment is carried out as follows:

• First remove the tartar, carry out treatment with an antiseptic.The doctor prescribes procedures depending on the severity of the disease.
• It is possible to perform a special operation - curettage.The surgeon cuts the gum, and then with special tools cleans the roots, checking and removing the dead tissue.Such an operation is done when the pockets are no longer cleaned.Waiting from a week to 10 days and remove the stitches, after which a remission occurs.

Specialists recommend brushing your teeth every time you eat. Brush, toothpaste and rinse aid , as well as dental floss, are selected strictly individually.In the shops there are special brushes for the mouth, which are used for strong denudation of the roots.It is advisable to have an irrigator at home - it flushes pockets with antiseptic or water.

Consequences of untreated paradontitis are bad breath, twist of taste, extraction of teeth.Further complications begin:

• Pulpit.Infection penetrates into the pulp, but the external tooth is healthy, so the doctor may not recognize the manifestation of pulpitis.
• Osteomyelitis.Bacteria that produce pus( i.e., pyogenic) affect the tissues and bones of the tooth.
• Abscess.Inflammation is localized in the gum itself, where foci of pus begin to form.

Periodontal disease

The diseases described above are interrelated and are an inflammatory process.In periodontal disease , the other nature is the dystrophic .The pathology lies in the fact that the height of the gum gradually decreases.In this case, the inflammation is absent, but the appearance of the gum is healthy.

The main cause of vascular changes and worsening of blood circulation.Most often this is an age, so sometimes parodontosis is called a disease of pensioners.This is a rare phenomenon - according to statistics from a hundred people suffer from periodontal disease only 8. Very often it is confused with periodontitis, but the pain is absent, the smell too, there are no pockets and the teeth are immovable.

The danger is that at first the disease proceeds very sluggishly, without pronounced manifestations.Further, gingival degeneration occurs, as a result of which is exposed to the neck of the tooth , the gaps between the teeth are enlarged.Over time, the condition of the teeth continues to deteriorate.

Treatment

The disease is not subject to definitive treatment.To avoid bone loss, it is recommended to conduct hygiene, do a gum massage, take vitamins, take care of the heart and blood vessels.Be sure to clean the tartar and check its presence once every six months.

Folk remedies are good only, as is an additional preventive tool of , but the treatment should be prescribed by a doctor.You need to consult with him to avoid allergic reactions.A therapist is needed to treat gingivitis.Two other diseases require the attention of narrow specialists.

If you do rinsing with unknown means, the symptoms decrease, and the doctor can make a mistake in setting the right diagnosis.In this case, it will not be noticeable whether the disease develops or not.The stage of development of the disease is determined by radiography.In the panoramic image, the general condition of the gums and teeth can be well traced.

When gingivitis gum inflames superficially , so the procedure can be performed at home.For example, rinse your mouth, apply ointments.Be sure to remove dental calculus.Before the direct treatment, the mouth is sanitized.The doctor can prescribe antibiotics - pills or injections intramuscularly.

But periodontitis requires washing the pockets, and then a medicine is placed in them.The patient himself will not do this, and rinses are ineffective.If the pockets are deep, and the teeth are mobile, other methods of treatment are additionally prescribed.If the disease has passed into a serious stage, make an artificial limb.Sometimes, in order to stop periodontal disease, an operation is performed.

Medicinal plants

All of them are approved by physicians as rinsing agents:

• Nettle.
• Oak bark.
• Chamomile.
• Sage.
• Yarrow.
• Calendula.
• St. John's Wort.

They prepare the broths , which will eliminate bleeding.The oak bark also strengthens the gums.It should be noted that the gum is inflamed, so it is not recommended to tincture with alcohol.Otherwise, instead of treatment, you can get a gum burn.

To reduce inflammation in diseases, use apple cider vinegar, dissolved in water.Term of application( use): 14 days.You can use hydrogen peroxide, horseradish or salt.