Healthy gums snugly embrace your teeth to protect them from external elements like temperature changes and harmful bacteria. Furthermore, your gingival tissues play a crucial role in redefining the esthetics of your smile. However, if you have gum recession, your gums pull away from your teeth, exposing the tooth roots. Receding gums cause tooth sensitivity, expose you to harmful bacteria, and detract from your beautiful smile.
Have you had enough of receding gums in East Brunswick, New Jersey? The good news is that Graceful Smiles of Graceful Smiles can treat gum recession to reveal a beautiful, proportionate smile.
What causes gingival recession?
When gums pull away from your teeth, they leave a gap that bacteria can easily live in. If untreated, gum recession not only mars your beautiful smile — it can lead to severe problems like tooth loss and gum disease. Although gum recession progresses gradually, its results can be dire, so you shouldn’t delay treatment when you spot early signs.
Several factors cause gum recession, including:
- Aggressive brushing
- Periodontal disease
- Tooth grinding
- Smoking
- Genetics
Untreated periodontal disease attacks the gingival ligaments, damaging the tissues that hold teeth against the gums.
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How to treat receding gums
Regrettably, gums don’t naturally regenerate after receding. Nevertheless, certain treatments can prevent further deterioration, and methods exist to restore the gum line to its original position.
Graceful Smiles may recommend the treatment options below to overcome gum recession:
- Deep teeth cleaning: This two-part dental procedure (scaling and root planing) aims to flush out harmful bacteria and tartar hiding in the gapped or pocketed areas. Scaling removes harmful bacteria and built-in dental calculus above and beneath the gum line. After a thorough cleaning, we smooth out the tooth roots (root planing) to promote healing and discourage future bacterial attacks. The procedures require anesthesia, and they need more than one visit
- Gum grafting: If you have lost significant gum tissue, it must be replenished through gum grafting. This procedure involves harvesting healthy tissue (usually from the mouth palate) and transferring it to the receded area to cover the exposed roots
Would you like to overcome gum recession in East Brunswick, NJ? Please call (732) 432-0123 to schedule an appointment with Graceful Smiles.