At present, periodontitis is one of the most pivotal factors that will harm your dental health. However, people’s acknowledgement about periodontitis are far beyond familiarity. Periodontitis will result in bleeding gums and tooth looseness. As it worsens, there is a possibility for tooth loss. Then how to deal with periodontitis?

If we don’t clean our mouth after enjoying foods and drinks in a timely manner, there will be food debris clinging to our teeth. With a long-term accumulation, it will turn out to be dental plaque and calculus, bringing stimulus to the gum and leading to the formation of periodontal pocket. Along the tooth root, dental calculus will spread downwards and do harm to the root, finally cause the looseness of the tooth. In brief, periodontitis will lay quite a severe impact on us. When it comes to treating periodontitis, it needs to take the severity of periodontitis into consideration.

At the early stage of periodontitis, there are no obvious symptoms, but some mild signs of swollen and bleeding gums. Under such circumstance, it requires only some simple treatments. All you need is to conduct a dental cleaning to remove the dental calculus as well as plaque. With less stimulus, the symptoms will be alleviated.

At the middle stage of periodontitis, you may suffering from swollen and aching gums, and tooth looseness. At that time, dental cleaning and subgingival scaling will be needed, in order to remove the dental calculus around the tooth root and the periodontium that have been corrupted by bacteria. Then try to fix the loose tooth. Under the healthy biological environment, the periodontal tissues will heal gradually and the loose tooth will become stable correspondingly.

At the late stage of periodontitis, dentists are supposed to make a quick and correct judgment based on their knowledge as well as experience. A tooth of no value should be extracted timely. As for the tooth that worth saving, a surgery may be conducted to save it.

There are no radical treatments for periodontitis. When it occurs, we should seek proper treatments in a timely manner. Besides, schedule regular dental cleanings and return visits to your dentist, in order to keep your oral health.

Comparatively, the treatments for the periodontitis at the early stage will be much easier. By no means can we ignore the periodontitis. If you are not sure about how severe your periodontitis is, you can make an appointment with your dentist for a though checkup first. After analyzing the checkup result, your dentist will work out a detailed treatment plan according to your specific condition. What’s more, you can directly communicate with your dentist for better understanding your dental condition as well.

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