Did you know that periodontitis and heart disease are connected? I didn't know either. I heart about that the bacteria that effect and infect your gums is the same that is located in your heart and develops a heart disease.
But not only the Western Medicine talks about that. One time I went to an acupuncturist and she connected a "lazy spleen" to my gum problems.
It is hard to explain. Imagine that your blood can't clean itself properly and it carries the toxins into your gums with the hope to get rid of them (detox).
But your gums don't detox properly and get infected. Because you don't treat your "lazy spleen" the gums never get rid of their infection and stay red and swollen.
After a while the infected gums create pockets and then starting to "shrink".
I didn't have any clue at this time what was going on but today, I have a pretty good knowledge now what I can do to "spoil" my gums and help them stay healthy.
Showing posts with label periodontitis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label periodontitis. Show all posts
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Periodontal Disease Treatment By A Holistic Dentistry In Brevard County, Florida
My periodontal disease treatment started today. I really underestimated what periodontitis means for my body and what could happen if it would be left untreated.
Like I figured out before and described in my former blogs, the reason for my periodontal disease isn't that I brushed my teeth too hard twenty years ago or don't clean my gum and teeth properly. The reason that 80 % of my gums are decaying is a "bad bite". My upper and lower teeth touch each other on two points only; all other teeth rub each other when I bite down and stress my gum.
But for sure, my periodontal disease also has to do something with bacteria built up on the exposed roots and heavy plaque built through my mouth fluid.
Back to the periodontal disease treatment today. My holistic dentist in Brevard County, Florida introduced me to her dental hygienist who performed an awesome root planning on my teeth. It took 1 1/2 hours, but now they feel so clean and look much better.
I will have a follow-up appointment and second regular cleaning in two weeks to check if my disease and gum infection improved or if other steps have to be taken. My periodontal disease treatment started today.
I really underestimated what periodontitis or its cases means for my body and what could happen if it would be left untreated like
My holistic dentist also checked the proper or improper functionality of my joints, jaw, bite, spin, ears, eyes, etc. The purpose of this exercise was to find the reason for my "bad bite". But not only that, the goal also was furthermore to know which other pain this "bad bite", or the reason for it, is developing in my body. I sometimes have migraines, starting with neck and back pains, blurring eye sight, tingling fingers, etc.
She will create proper braces for me to even out my upper and lower bite so that my teeth come together when I bite down.
My follow-up meeting in regard to the analysis of the exercises above will be in a week. I am curious about the result and how this will improve my decaying gums and the other pain in my body.
To help me improving my gum disease and periodontitis, my dental hygienist recommended a professional toothbrush, an oral irrigator, and other products like tooth paste, tonic, etc.:
All overall, I am happy I went through and did what I had to do, finally fighting my gum disease periodontitis with any weapons I have.
Like I figured out before and described in my former blogs, the reason for my periodontal disease isn't that I brushed my teeth too hard twenty years ago or don't clean my gum and teeth properly. The reason that 80 % of my gums are decaying is a "bad bite". My upper and lower teeth touch each other on two points only; all other teeth rub each other when I bite down and stress my gum.
But for sure, my periodontal disease also has to do something with bacteria built up on the exposed roots and heavy plaque built through my mouth fluid.
Back to the periodontal disease treatment today. My holistic dentist in Brevard County, Florida introduced me to her dental hygienist who performed an awesome root planning on my teeth. It took 1 1/2 hours, but now they feel so clean and look much better.
I will have a follow-up appointment and second regular cleaning in two weeks to check if my disease and gum infection improved or if other steps have to be taken. My periodontal disease treatment started today.
I really underestimated what periodontitis or its cases means for my body and what could happen if it would be left untreated like
- heart attacks
- disordered breathing
- snoring
- cardiovascular disease
- ear problems
- eye problems
- bruxing
- posture problems
- TMJ
- headaches
- migraines
- whiplash
- mouth breathing
- diabetes
- and other bad habits and pains
My holistic dentist also checked the proper or improper functionality of my joints, jaw, bite, spin, ears, eyes, etc. The purpose of this exercise was to find the reason for my "bad bite". But not only that, the goal also was furthermore to know which other pain this "bad bite", or the reason for it, is developing in my body. I sometimes have migraines, starting with neck and back pains, blurring eye sight, tingling fingers, etc.
She will create proper braces for me to even out my upper and lower bite so that my teeth come together when I bite down.
My follow-up meeting in regard to the analysis of the exercises above will be in a week. I am curious about the result and how this will improve my decaying gums and the other pain in my body.
To help me improving my gum disease and periodontitis, my dental hygienist recommended a professional toothbrush, an oral irrigator, and other products like tooth paste, tonic, etc.:
- Rotadent (a powered toothbrush, very effective by all gum diseases)
- HYDRO FLOSS (a new oral irrigator, clinically proven to help fight plaque & calculus)
- Tooth & gums paste and tonic from Dental Herb Company (made with green tea extract)
- Min-Chex from SP Standard Process (recommended by my holistic dentist to improve my breathing and jaw/joint/teeth movement while sleeping)
All overall, I am happy I went through and did what I had to do, finally fighting my gum disease periodontitis with any weapons I have.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Finally Official: After Twenty Years I have Developed Periodontitis
The result of the meeting with my holistic dentist last week: Middle periodontal disease. Some of my teeth have pockets of 4 - 6, several have decaying gum and exposed roots. From the first time I went to my holistic dentist three weeks ago to last week, I lost another two teeth and also have decaying gums and exposed roots on those now.
Perhaps you can imagine how desperate I am. Not only that it looks awful; it shows that something isn't right with my body and it is getting worse now. If I look back I always knew something wasn't right but I guess I didn't take the responsibility and educated myself. I counted on dentists telling me what I have and what I can do.
I know I repeat myself. Having swollen and infected gums for over twenty years and now decaying gums should teach me a lesson, you would think. Did it but only three weeks ago. I lived in a fairy tale before believing everything would be ok again and that the gums would grow back.
My holistic dentist took this fairy tale away from me. She told me last week that I need a deep dental cleaning to stop my periodontitis and decaying gums. It will also help to deep clean my exposed roots.
It was a shock for me. I always heard about it but never imagine I could have it. Funny. I didn't realize that I had gingivitis as I got my first deep cleaning. I always knew something wasn't right because my swollen, bleeding and infected gums would only improve a little but never go away totally. And now I have it in a written form: I have the periodontitis gum disease.
The next step will be to put caps on my upper teeth to even them out and improve my bite. At the moment my bite is totally out of balance. Only two teeth touch each other. When I close my teeth, all other teeth rub on each other and irritate and push my gums.
As soon as the new caps even out my bite my holistic dentist will prepare braces for my lower teeth for the daytime and other braces for the upper teeth for the nighttime. The braces will not be permanent so I can take them out what is great for my proper dental cleaning.
My first treatments will start tomorrow. I am excited and scared at the same time. I really want that this peridontitis gum disease stops but I am scared that whatever I try holistic will not help and I finally need an operation.
Perhaps you can imagine how desperate I am. Not only that it looks awful; it shows that something isn't right with my body and it is getting worse now. If I look back I always knew something wasn't right but I guess I didn't take the responsibility and educated myself. I counted on dentists telling me what I have and what I can do.
I know I repeat myself. Having swollen and infected gums for over twenty years and now decaying gums should teach me a lesson, you would think. Did it but only three weeks ago. I lived in a fairy tale before believing everything would be ok again and that the gums would grow back.
My holistic dentist took this fairy tale away from me. She told me last week that I need a deep dental cleaning to stop my periodontitis and decaying gums. It will also help to deep clean my exposed roots.
It was a shock for me. I always heard about it but never imagine I could have it. Funny. I didn't realize that I had gingivitis as I got my first deep cleaning. I always knew something wasn't right because my swollen, bleeding and infected gums would only improve a little but never go away totally. And now I have it in a written form: I have the periodontitis gum disease.
The next step will be to put caps on my upper teeth to even them out and improve my bite. At the moment my bite is totally out of balance. Only two teeth touch each other. When I close my teeth, all other teeth rub on each other and irritate and push my gums.
As soon as the new caps even out my bite my holistic dentist will prepare braces for my lower teeth for the daytime and other braces for the upper teeth for the nighttime. The braces will not be permanent so I can take them out what is great for my proper dental cleaning.
My first treatments will start tomorrow. I am excited and scared at the same time. I really want that this peridontitis gum disease stops but I am scared that whatever I try holistic will not help and I finally need an operation.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Swollen Gums
Hi, I am Daggi. I wanted to share my odyssey from swollen gums and having a gum infection over gingivitis to periodontitis.
I am German and live in the USA since 2005. I have swollen and infected gums since I was a teenager.
As I was a child I hated brushing and cleaning my teeth. I felt it was a waste of my time, and often I went to bed without or only with a kind of a minute brush. My dental hygiene wasn't great, not to say horrible.
Being a teenager, everything else was more important. It really didn't bother me so much then. Furthermore, I never saw that it was bad for my teeth. As I was a child my mom brought my sister and me to a dentist who put filings as "prevention" in my healthy teeth.
I had a lot of cavities back then, no wonder with all the chocolate, sugar and sweets I ate.
Since I am a young adult I brush and floss my teeth twice a day. However, the bleeding and swollen gums didn't stop since then. I still have them twenty years later. It always bothered me.
I often feel desperate and that I am the only one who is fighting with it. It looks like everybody else has these wonderful teeth, especially here in the United States.
This is my odyssey of having a "little" gum problem to being one step away from losing my teeth.
Perhaps my blog helps you, and you don't have to go through the same hell as I do now.
Happy teeth and gums!
I am German and live in the USA since 2005. I have swollen and infected gums since I was a teenager.
As I was a child I hated brushing and cleaning my teeth. I felt it was a waste of my time, and often I went to bed without or only with a kind of a minute brush. My dental hygiene wasn't great, not to say horrible.
Being a teenager, everything else was more important. It really didn't bother me so much then. Furthermore, I never saw that it was bad for my teeth. As I was a child my mom brought my sister and me to a dentist who put filings as "prevention" in my healthy teeth.
I had a lot of cavities back then, no wonder with all the chocolate, sugar and sweets I ate.
Since I am a young adult I brush and floss my teeth twice a day. However, the bleeding and swollen gums didn't stop since then. I still have them twenty years later. It always bothered me.
I often feel desperate and that I am the only one who is fighting with it. It looks like everybody else has these wonderful teeth, especially here in the United States.
This is my odyssey of having a "little" gum problem to being one step away from losing my teeth.
Perhaps my blog helps you, and you don't have to go through the same hell as I do now.
Happy teeth and gums!
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