As we grow older, many people complain that their teeth are getting longer and longer. Even for some friends with poor oral hygiene, they have the same troubles at a young age. In fact, it’s not that your teeth have grown, but that your gums have recessed! Gingivals shrink, just like soil loss and exposed roots. If the water and soil are allowed to continue to lose, the roots of the tree will be exposed, and the big tree will fall down with a bang. The root cause of gingival atrophy?
1 The first to be affected is periodontitis . In addition, the brushing method is incorrect, such as excessively coarse friction agent particles in toothpaste and tug-of-saw brushing, which may cause gum recession. Secondly, there are bad restorations in the oral cavity, which makes dentures difficult to clean and also causes gums to shrink. There are also excessive occlusal forces caused by various reasons, which can also cause abnormal movement of teeth and cause gingival recession. For gingival atrophy, we should focus on prevention.
How to remedy gingival atrophy?
It can be clear that gingival atrophy is an irreversible injury, and the atrophic gums cannot recover as before. However, after finding that gingival atrophy, what we can do is to "stop the loss in time."
If gingival atrophy occurs, a comprehensive periodontal examination should be performed first. When there are small and even gingival atrophy, no symptoms and no aesthetic requirements, you can observe first and not deal with it for the time being, but oral cleaning should be done well and teeth cleaning should be done regularly. If gum atrophy tends to aggravate, you need to find the cause as appropriate and treat the cause, such as changing your brushing habits and improving your bite. If necessary, teeth cleaning, scraping, periodontal surgery, etc. should be performed according to actual conditions.
