About 30 people out of 100 are facing the problem of gingivitis. This is a serious statistic, encouraging a thorough study of the problem, beginning with its origins. Before you begin treatment even of the simplest disease, you need to find out the causes and estimate the degree of complexity of its symptoms.
To eliminate the symptoms does not always mean to overcome the disease, it rather means a way to mute it. A complex approach to the treatment of gums is very important.
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Pain, redness, bleeding and an increase in size – that is how the gums signal about inflammatory process occurring inside of them as well as in a tooth. There are many reasons for such a state.
A weak immune system, stress, poor diet with a few minerals and vitamins, dental caries increases the risk of inflammatory processes.
All of the above reasons can cause the following diseases:
Gingivitis is among the least difficult, the initial inflammatory gum diseases, affecting the area around one tooth as well as the whole jaw. It appears as a moderate inflammation with redness and discomfort during eating.
If not to neglect the problem, it can be solved in a few days, with simple and accessible methods.
Firstly, you should try not to injure the area around the teeth further. It is necessary to eat well-cooked foods of homogeneous nature.
Secondly, the most effective way of treatment is to perform the mouth rinsing. To do this a tea or a tablespoon of herbs for a glass of boiled water, then leave it for 30 minutes and use to rinse when warm. What kinds of herbs are the best to cope with inflammations?
Also, hydrogen peroxide helps (1 teaspoon per 1.7 fl.oz of warm boiled water) for rinsing during inflammation and bleeding.
Among pharmaceutical medications you can take the simplest – alcohol tincture of calendula, furatsilin solution. The last one can be prepared as following: 2 pills of furatsilin for one cup of boiling water (temperature 158 degrees), to rinse 10 times a day, every hour.
Gum disease will pass quicker if to rinse the mouth more frequently. During the day, you can change the rinses, alternating antiseptic and anti-inflammatory components.
Aside from rinsing you can use ointments purchased in pharmacies, or made at home. They are applied in between rinses for both treatment and pain relief. Most often used are Holisal, Kamistad, Asepta.
Bleeding of gums can be caused by soft tissue injury, when dentures or crowns were installed incorrectly, infections of microbes and other reasons. This is a reason to consult a doctor to exclude the existence of serious diseases, such as periodontal disease, or receive advice regarding treatment.
What is recommended to take at home?
Firstly, to apply a cold compress to the place of bleeding. It is enough to put a bandage soaked in cold water, on a finger and to put it to a gum. Usually, the bleeding stops quickly. If the situation complicates the apparent inflammation and pain, you will need more radical treatment.
Often doctors prescribe gels with antibiotics to combat bacterial microflora. It may be drugs such as Metrogil dent or equivalent Asepta balm, they both contain an antibiotic topical metronidazole. To strengthen an antiseptic effect, you can apply rinsing with chlorhexidine.
In more serious cases you will require oral admission of antibiotics. These are clindamycin and lincomycin. These drugs are well tolerated and are not too toxic to the organism.
Second, change the tough toothbrush on a soft one for the duration of the treatment, as well as select therapeutic anti-inflammatory toothpaste. Together with the use of gels, be sure to rinse your mouth with baking soda, hydrogen peroxide and a decoction of herbs.
It is important to exclude the use of too hot and cold dishes, stimulating blood flow, as well as solids. Bleeding gums is a sign that the problem with the surface has dropped below.
The next stage of the disease can be tooth mobility and a loss. Here it is very difficult to save the situation and sometimes impossible. That is why the treatment of bleeding gums should take place although at home, but under the supervision of a physician, following the prescribed scheme.
Home treatments in most cases give good lasting results, but only when the problem is not tightened, and the means of treatment are chosen correctly. To treat gums, you can use herbs and rinsing, taking infusions and using oils as external ointments.
Below there is a list of the recipes that you can adopt when having inflammation of the gums, particularly when frequent cases.
There are similar recipes in folk medicine, but usually, each person has a list of funds that have already been tested and have a really positive effect. Herbs and oils are not always harmless, especially for people prone to allergies, so their choice should be justified and thought out.
When it concerns children, and they too often suffer from inflammation of the gums, by any means of treatment should be preceded by a consultation with a dentist.
Here it is more important than ever as the cause of which can be hidden in other diseases of a child, or in a lack of calcium.
The main directions in the prevention of gum disease include:
Gum disease is one more reason to take care of your health, to review the diet and lifestyle, stop and think.
This is a signal that the body is weakened, requires attention and care, and this point should not be missed.
Healthy teeth and gums is an open smile, good nutrition, which gives pleasure and a guarantee of health of the body as a whole.