Gum diseases (Periodontal diseases) are a group of diseases that can occur with the involvement of many factors
and are very common in society.
Patients generally do not pay attention to routine gum examinations and controls. It brings with it the risk of many individuals losing their teeth due to loosening
due to periodontitis.
Gum diseases do not usually cause serious pain (or the pain is so intense that it does not bother the patient
), and the consequences of the disease are evident in the long term
> indicates that it prevents individuals from taking early action to be examined by a gum disease specialist and causes the damage caused by gum diseases to progress.
Caries in the mouth, wisdom tooth pain, etc. problems bring about the need for the patient to consult a dentist quickly, but the same urgent need to consult a dentist is not usually present in case of gum diseases. With inflammation of the tissues that hold the tooth in place (gum, alveolar bone, etc.). "Periodontitis", which manifests itself
, occurs as a result of microbial products in the mouth settling under the gum
and multiplying in this area and developing infection. Since the microbial products in the mouth encounter the "gum" as the first defense barrier, the first signs of disease are observed in the gum. Small inflammatory foci created by bacterial
(microbial) accumulation in the gums manifest themselves with both
bleeding and small swellings in the gums. This period is called "gingivitis".
In smokers, symptoms of bleeding may not be observed even if the infection has started to spread to the gums
due to the damage caused by smoking to the vascular system in the tissues.
"Gingivitis" By cleaning microbial products in the initial stages of gingivitis, which we call gingivitis, teeth can be restored to health without any loss of tissues (gum recession, etc.). When gingivitis is not treated, gum disease, which we call "periodontitis", can be restored. It may progress to an advanced stage of
inflammation. In this process, the gums and teeth are damaged. Microbial infection that develops in the
stage causes the tissues supporting the teeth (gum, alveolar
bone, etc.) to slowly collapse (dissolve). As the periodontitis process progresses, gum
recession begins to occur due to the melting of the bone (alveolar bone) around the tooth. With the gum treatments performed during this process, the disease is stopped and the progression of bone and gum loss is prevented. In some cases, the tissues lost by graft operations applied to the gums (bone dust, gum grafts, etc.) can be regained, but in some cases, the lost tissues may not be brought back.
When the periodontitis process is very advanced. In this case, the "alveolar bone" that keeps the tooth firmly in place
may completely collapse and loosening of the teeth may begin (Advanced
periodontitis). Since the treatments applied during this process generally do not allow the formation of new supporting bone around the tooth, loss of teeth becomes inevitable.
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