Symptoms
Gum Symptoms
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Gum Symptoms
- Bad Breath and a Bad Taste in the Mouth: CausesWhy bad breath and a bad taste persist: the tongue, gum pockets, decay, dentures and bridges, sinuses and reflux. The limits of mouthwash.
- What Causes Dry Mouth, and Does It Harm Your Teeth?The most common causes of dry mouth: medicines, radiotherapy, Sjögren's, diabetes and mouth breathing at night. The effect on teeth, gums and dentures.
- Mouth Ulcers: Why They Happen, How They HealIs that sore a mouth ulcer or a denture sore? We explain the usual course of a mouth ulcer, the three-week rule, and what slows healing down.
- Burning Mouth and Tongue: What Causes It?A burning mouth or tongue can come from dry mouth, a deficiency, a denture infection or blood sugar. What your dentist and your doctor each check.
- Why Does Gum Pain Happen, and How Does It Heal?Gum pain usually comes from one of five sources, from inflammation to an abscess. We explain how to tell them apart and when you need urgent care.
- Receding Gums and Exposed Roots: What Can Be Done?Why gums recede, why an exposed root decays faster and turns sensitive, and whether gums grow back. Stopping recession versus covering the root.
- Gum Disease (Periodontitis) TreatmentThe four steps of periodontitis treatment, pocket closure as the measure of success, the effect of smoking and diabetes, maintenance, and implant planning.
- Gingivitis (Gum Inflammation): How Does It Clear Up?Why gingivitis happens and how it reverses. The evidence on brushes, interdental brushes, floss and mouthwash, and which signs are no longer gingivitis.
- When Are Bleeding Gums Serious?Healthy gums do not bleed when brushed. When bleeding reverses completely, which sign shows bone loss has begun, and what smoking hides.
- Gum Curettage: How It Is Done and What Comes AfterWho needs curettage, meaning root surface cleaning, how a session goes, how long sensitivity lasts afterwards, and which measurement shows whether it worked.
- Swollen Gums and Dental Abscesses: When Is It an Emergency?Why gums swell and abscesses form, how to tell the two types apart, which signs are urgent, and why antibiotics alone are not enough.
- Black or Purple Spot on the Gums: When Is a Biopsy Needed?A dark spot on the gums is usually natural colour, smoking or amalgam left from an old filling. Which spot is monitored, and which calls for a biopsy?
- What Causes Tartar, and Is Cleaning It Off Harmful?How tartar forms, why teeth can feel loose or gapped after a clean, how often you need cleaning, and why scraping tartar off at home is harmful.
- Gingivectomy (Gum Trimming): When Is It Needed?Gingivectomy for gum overgrowth and aesthetics: who it suits, laser or scalpel, how it differs from crown lengthening, healing and the risk of regrowth.
- Gum Overgrowth from Blood Pressure and Epilepsy DrugsAmlodipine, nifedipine, phenytoin and ciclosporin can enlarge the gums. How it starts, what to ask your doctor, and when cleaning or surgery is needed.
- Thick, Sticky Saliva: What Causes It, and When It MattersThick, sticky or frothy saliva usually comes from dehydration, a medicine or mouth breathing. How it affects teeth and dentures, and when to see a doctor.
- Smoking Stains and Tartar on Teeth: How to Remove ThemSmoking stains and tartar come off with a clean, not a brush. Ultrasonic vs air-flow, baking soda and charcoal myths, and smoking's effect on gums and implants.