Gingivitis is the inflammation of the gum tissue and is the beginning stage of periodontal or gum disease. Gingivitis is one of the most common untreated infections. After 35 years old, approximately three out of four adults develop some form of gum disease.

Plaque-induced gingivitis is defined as inflammation of the gingival in the absence of clinical attachment loss. Gingivitis damages your gums and reduces their ability to protect vulnerable areas. Gingivitis, and its progression to periodontitis, starts with the plaque that forms mostly at the gum line at the base of the visible part of your teeth. Food debris and bacteria that grow in this area cause this plaque. This group of harmful bacteria begins to recognize and dominate in only 24 hours after brushing. Their levels of toxins continue to increase causing an infection that can damage the gums and affect your immune system.

Most of the patients are not aware that they have this infection because it is painless. If this plaque is not removed daily it will harden to form calculus (tartar) around the necks of your teeth. This calculus will often result in a mechanical irritation that damages your gums. Additionally, calculus provides an area on which more bacteria easily grow, plaque and calculus will, if not removed, continue to grow and form deep pockets at the base of your teeth that will sooner or later fill with pus, infect the bone and cause tooth loss.

The main treatment for gingivitis is to remove the harmful bacterial growth from the teeth and gums. This will include one session containing dental cleaning with fluoride along with oral hygiene instruction. Good brushing for a minimum of twice a day and after meals for at least two minutes. Start cleaning between your teeth. Periodontal disease begins between the teeth. The area between the teeth is more prone to infection than facial or tongue gum tissue surfaces simply by anatomy. Since the disease starts between the teeth, it makes sense to start cleaning in between the teeth and than brush.

You can clean this area with interdentally brushes, picks, sticks, oral irrigation, and automatic flossier. Remember this disease needs to be treated both in the office and at home. Do not smoke or use alcoholic beverages while your gums are inflamed. Good dietary habits and cut back on foods and beverages that contain sugar definitely help to contain gingivitis. Gingivitis is the only stage of gum disease that can be completely reversed to a healthy undamaged condition. More advanced gum disease can often be controlled but damage to the teeth’s bone support cannot be reversed or rebuilt. It is vital that gum disease be stopped and reversed in its earliest stages.

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