What To Do About Periodontitis?
submitted: Aug 13th 2008 |
by: Ornella |
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You go to the dentist and the dentist said "No more monkeys jumping on the bed. And you have the first signs of periodontitis. Have a nice day!" Your mouth is fully open in surprise now and lack of recognition of the term used is not helpful. It must be some disease, but what happens with it and how do you treat it?
However this time you hear a new word from your dentist that is periodontitis. What was that again? You know cavity and gingivitis as familiar words and problems but this is new. Hopefully it is not really bad, right doc?
Your concern grows as you hear the word periodontitis again and associated with the word disease and bad. You feel compelled to ask a question and worst luck the dentist answers. He explains that the disease can ultimately cause major damage to your gums and loss of your teeth. Yikes! Now he has your complete attention and panic starts to set up in your body.
There are several herbal remedies that are noted for their antibiotic properties and these are a possible alternative to traditional dentistry when treating periodontitis. They can be ingested but are usually applied as a paste to the areas affected to reduce or kill the disease causing bacteria. The effects are often gradual and require patience for full effect. Many people do not have the desire or time to wait, so they go to modern dental techniques.
Periodontitis can be treated in the early stages with simply trying to power wash out the offending bacteria with a special antiseptic solution or just pure water. The power of the stream will clean out most of the current bacteria and follow-up treatments with anti-bacterial rinses can make the progress permanent.
Once the tooth and gum are detached or weakened by periodontitis, the disease starts to work on the main larger ligament holding the tooth to the jawbone. The jawbone itself is not immune to this disease and will be attacked soon. The final blows from the disease often result in the tooth just falling out.
A fairly mainstream method to deal with periodontitis is called scaling. It also has a companion cleaning technique named root planing. These are fairly invasive techniques where the dentist actually inserts probes and instruments between your tooth and gum to effectively remove any bacteria or gunk stored there. It is more effective at cleaning than just the water stream, but not as easy on the patient.
Another medical aid to these super cleaning methods is using enzymes in the fight against the periodontitis bacteria. It may be a little counterintuitive, but it is desirable to suppress some of the body defenses to prevent tissue damage and allow the other efforts to eliminate the bacteria. This is still a fairly new treatment supplement with research being conducted now.
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Ornella actually knows what she is talking about. You can find more about periodontitis and dental cleaning here.
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