When you have gum disease the only thing on your mind is a cure for gingivitis. It depends on the severity of the disease as to what treatment your dentist will recommend. If the gum disease is caught in the early stages, the cure will require less from you and your dental care provider. Obviously the more severe the case, the more intensive the treatment course will have to be. Let’s take a look at three different stages of gum disease and how you and your dentist would take care of them.

• 1st stage- prevention
• 2nd stage- pocket reduction
• 3rd stage- soft tissue graft

In the first stage the cure for gingivitis is fairly simple. The dentist will suggest a more in depth dental hygiene routine. It’s possible that he or she may prescribe a specific medicated toothpaste. At this point, your dental care professional will probably want to see you more often than just the twice a year normal recommendation. It is also helpful to watch your fluid intake and eat healthy foods to promote the function of the immune system in fighting the gum disease causing bacteria.

If your gum disease progresses past this point, the cure for gingivitis becomes a little more involved. In some cases like this, the dentist will want to perform a pocket reduction procedure. Pockets often form on the gums between the teeth and gum line as a result of the bacteria. In order to cure the gum disease, the dentist first makes sure all of the offending bacteria are eliminated and no longer a threat to the health of the gums. Then he or she will even any tooth surface that has been damaged. It may take awhile, but eventually the gums will reattach to the surface of the teeth the way they are supposed to and the gum disease will have been effectively cured.

Once gum disease has become a real health risk, the cure for gingivitis requires more time and attention from both the patient and the dentist. The dental care professional may want to attempt a soft tissue graft. At this point the gums are so damaged that part of them has actually dissolved. After eliminating the bacteria the dentist then grafts healthy tissue from other areas of the mouth like the roof or inside of the cheeks. He or she will then attempt to graft the healthy tissue on the damaged areas. This procedure can take several tries before it is successful.