As many of you know I want to talk a little bit today about periodontal disease and how to prevent periodontal gum disease at home. because once you have the periodontal disease it's much more difficult to eliminate it.
so periodontal disease is caused by bacteria that get underneath the gum and cause infection and that infection destroys the underlying bone. so the key is to really prevent these bacteria from getting started.
HOW TO PREVENT GUM DISEASE AT HOME
the first place normally happens between the teeth so bacteria get between the teeth get under the gum start causing infection and once the infection starts gum separates from the tooth bone starts to get destroyed the pocket gets deeper and at that point, it becomes extremely difficult for you to eliminate at home.
so you want to really stop it from getting started in the first place and since it usually gets started between the teeth that's really the most important area to pay attention to.
so you want to make sure and clean between the teeth thoroughly. dental floss little picks between the teeth which I recommend water picks or water irrigation devices.
there are many different kinds there are portable ones there are plug-in ones at any rate getting between the teeth before gum disease starts.
to make sure that you keep that area clean and bacteria don't get a chance to start causing infection and bone loss is critical.
once that pocket gets deep it's like you can't reach in there anymore it's it's kind of like an oil well the only way you can get to the oil is by getting something that can go down under the gum that's why we use a laser to treat periodontal disease or gum disease.
because that fine laser can get down into that pocket kill these parasites and stop the infection.
FOLLOWING THE FBI METHOD
- F - FLOSS
- B - BRUSHING
- I - IRRIGATION
the best way to prevent periodontal disease is first to be aware that you're probably going to get it I mean at least half the population has gum disease. so be alert that you're probably going to get it and then and.
the next thing is well we create an acronym called the FBI it starts with tongue cleaning people aren't aware that that sometimes as many as half the bacteria live on the back of the tongue.
so they have to clean the back of their tongue then they say that's the then f means clean between the teeth. you must clean between the teeth because that's where most gum disease occurs. and so if you can floss if you can't floss use stem dancer or other instruments to clean between the teeth.
then we'd say irrigate so you need to use some sort of a water irrigator with an antiseptic in it to help kill the bacteria. so it's like we say you kick the anthill over first then you spray it with ant killer we recommend various things. the simplest thing for people would be to use two ounces of Listerine generic to six ounces of water.
so the FBI and do that you just need to do it once a day.
anyway tom thank you very much for that I think it's a great tip FBI is a great idea f flossing or at least cleaning between the teeth thoroughly, b brushing make sure that you brush thoroughly and the back of the tongue is good and I irrigation water irrigation device very helpful so really appreciate it.
so remember if you don't have a healthy mouth you cannot have a healthy body so make sure that your mouth is healthy so you can be as healthy as possible and we'd love to hear from you.
So this is How you can prevent Gum Disease at home by doing some simple steps.