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The Great Cost Involved in Treating Advanced Gum Disease

Gum disease can be divided into two areas of infection – above and below the gum line. Above the gum line periodontal disease is commonly known as gingivitis which can be treated by simple brushing and flossing for plaque, and scraping for hardened plaque called tartar. However, when the infection reached below the gum line, this could be the start of a series of serious and generally expensive gum disease. It is expensive in the sense that surgical treatments like pocket reduction, regeneration, and soft tissue graft. Pocket reduction is a process of removing below the gum line tartars and evening of the root so that gum can attach to the teeth. Regeneration is done by grafting the bone to support the teeth and reinforcing it through tissue-stimulating substances. Soft tissue graft, as its name implies, grafts tissue from any part of the mouth, particularly palates, to cover up the showed root due to rapid tissue deterioration caused by anaerobic bacteria. Any of the above gum disease treatments require application of antimicrobial substance to kill the breeding bacteria below the gum line. Antibacterial substances and surgical treatments are all currently very costly.

Tags: dental health, gingivitis, gum disease, gum line, periodontitis, soft tissue graft

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