Teeth Getting Loose?
One of the most frightening things many people with gum disease experience is their teeth getting loose. It isn't hard to imagine why. Children are supposed to lose their teeth; grown ups are not. It's a very simple law of nature. Obviously it does happen though, or dentures and bridges wouldn't be such a huge part of the dental world. You don't have to let things progress to the point where you lose your teeth. There are ways to reestablish the stability of loose teeth and beat periodontal gum disease before it takes your natural teeth. Read on for some ideas on what to expect from your dental visit to correct loose teeth.
- symptoms leading up to loose teeth
- standard periodontal disease cures
- specific loose teeth techniques
Gum disease is the leading cause of dental problems. Long before teeth start to get loose there will be other indicators that you need to seek help from a dental professional. Chronic bad breath, bleeding gums, and receding gums are all signs that all is not well in your mouth. Make sure you are aware of any changes in your bite and the way the teeth fit together. This is also a symptom of progressing gum disease. Severe periodontal disease later progresses to loose teeth and eventual tooth loss.
The various treatments of periodontal disease are very effective. Of course the sooner you seek treatment the better off you and your teeth and gums will be. Dental procedures for the early stages of gum disease are more comfortable to undergo and less expensive in the long run. The first thing your dentist will do regardless of the degree of damage is remove all traces of the gum disease infection. The hope is that the gums will grow back over the teeth and your loose tooth will restabilize and tighten back up.
If the infection removal isn't enough to save the tooth or gum disease isn't the cause of the problem, the dentist will probably suggest a splinting procedure. In this situation, a thin, steel wire is wrapped around the loose tooth and "splinted" to a stronger neighbor. Eventually the loose tooth may tighten back up or you will just leave the splint there indefinitely.
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