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Gum bleeds while brushing
Every time I brush my gums bleed a little. I have been observing this for like 2 months now. Any suggestions to stop this? I do not apply a lot of pressure on my brush but it still happens.
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Bleeding gums is the earliest significant of significant Gum disease. Commonly known as pyorrhea. It may occurs due to improper oral hygiene, some medications accentuated by medical illness like diabetes and heart disease. Kindly visit a periodontist in your vicinity to properly diagnose and treat your gum disease.
If left untreated it may lead to gums and tooth loss and destruction of jaw bones.
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Visit a periodontist MDS (specialist in treating gum disease)
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Kindly do not stop brushing due to the fear of bleeding it will exacerbate the bleeding problem.
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oral prophylaxis, ie scaling should be done as an initial step. A medicaments will have to be applied on gums following the treatment and this will definitely bring you the good result.
it's probably due to week gums also the type of brush and methods of brushing also plays an important role
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