Please tell me this isn't gingivitis..?
A few nights ago I was brushing my teeth when I went over a tooth, and it hurt really bad, and looked like there was a little scrape so I thought maybe I cut it on a chip or something, and thought nothing of it.
So the next night it hurt as well, and I skipped over that part of my gums until tonight, because it finally feels okay to go over but it's still sensitive and looks sorta strange. My gums are a little swollen underneath that tooth, but fine everywhere else. It looks as if the scrape has gotten a little bit bigger, and spread some too, but hardly any. I also brushed directly over it and it starting bleeding just a bit.
I'm just getting really worried, any ideas?
I have braces if that helps, but I brush twice a day, and use the mini brush they gave me to go in between each bracket. I floss a couple times a week, as well as use mouth wash every morning.
How to deal with a tooth problem?
I generally take good care of my teeth. I brush them regularly, and I do floss on occasion, but still not quite as much as I should. The other day, I noticed that the gums around one of my teeth in the front were a little bit irritated, and every time I bite into something like an apple, or even put something near my mouth, that awful smell you get from plaque/bad breath is there. I've flossed several times since I noticed it, to try and get rid of it, but nothing. In fact, it just irritates the gums more, and it still smells bad, but only in that area. I'm trying to be gentle, but I don't know what's wrong.
Also, I cannot see a dentist for another month (6 month rule), and I am away at school anyways.
What is it? What can I do?
how to get rid of gingivitis?
Ive kinda taken care of it so far but now my bottom teeth that are in the front one tooth and the gum is starting to get a little bad it hurts to brush that one tooth. My other teeth quit hurting a few days after i started my little treatment but the pain for that one started back. Ive been using hydrogen peroxide with water after i brush and floss i do that at night. Then in the morning i brush and do m mouth wash with the peroxide. I think its finally going away kinda but i don't know what to do. I don't want to cause my parents more trouble or money. Can i take care of this at home or should i just give in and go to the dentist and how do i take care of this?
Brushing your teeth question?
I was wondering if anyone had any tips on brushing teeth, firstly i would brush my teeth with toothpaste, floss, and then use listerine. My first question would be the listerine part, after i rinse and spit out do i rinse my mouth with water? or just leave it?...and my gums have swelled up alittle because of the floss, i didnt use to floss so im assuming thats the cause, this is a good or bad thing?
My gums are really puffy… gingivitis?
Hey everyone, so I've had braces since February of 2009, and I've never really flossed while having braces because it was just so hard and I wasn't exactly sure of how. But anyways, today I went to the dentist to have a cleaning and she noticed my bottom gums were really really puffy. She told me I needed to floss, and I agreed to this, telling her I would, which I am following through with.. but then about 10 minutes ago I began to floss, and I got all my top teeth and I just can't fit the string through the bottom because my gums are so puffy. I'm supposed to get my braces removed by May, and I went to my orthodontist yesterday and he has never said a thing about it. What do I do? I don't want to end up with messed up gums, I know plenty of people with braces that don't floss, but none like mine. Please help? What do I do? Thank you <3
is it healthy to floss twice a day?
I'm in my 40s. I floss once a day and have 3 mm gum pockets, with a handful of 4s and one 5. Would it be okay for me to floss twice a day or is that going to be too much for my gums to handle? Seven years ago I had mostly 2 mm pockets with a handful of 3s. (Life stresses had me not taking such good care of my teeth for awhile.) I'd like to go back there if possible.
I only brush once a day, and I use anti-plaque rinse before brushing and fluoride rinse afterward. (The dental hygienist always comments that I have extremely clean teeth; one told me there was no need to brush twice a day because what I was doing was working great.)
Responses from dental professionals only, please.
Do I have early staged gingivitis!? PLEASE HELP!!!!?
Ok I'm really scared and freaked out and confused here.
two of my teeth have these little like vertical nicks oh the gum bellow them. And they bleed when I brush there and it hurts a bit too when I brush there.
Then yesterday part of my gums over top of a top tooth swelled up and now there is this reddish brown area between the tooth/gum that is swelled and the one that isn't. That just randomly happened yesterday after I got out of the shower. I went to brush and it started bleeding like crazy (the top gum, the bottom one bled a bit though the nicks in the gum).
Last night when I brushed them I have never spit more blood in my life! And even though I brush 2-3 times a day and floss every time afterward I sometimes get bad breath. I brush well, I brush my gums and all that.
The gums only bleed when I brush them not the teeth. The gums aren't like movable or anything and the teeth are stationary too.
I go to the dentist once a year (I know, I know. once every six)
I'm really scared out of my skin here! The gums are still pink, the worst I have seen is a hot pink type thing.
Do you have any tips as to how I am to kind of solve this problem? I heard if you catch it in the early stages you can probably do something about it... I just don't know what that something is.
I'm 14 by the way, if that even means anything...