The most effective way to let gum disease have its way with your smile is to sit back and do nothing. Left to their own devices, the oral bacteria that make up plaque and tartar will simply multiply until their numbers are great enough to infect your gums and periodontal tissues. Fortunately, preventing gum disease… Read more »
Category: Gum Disease
What Causes Gum Disease?
A large part of the population suffers from some form of gum disease – or periodontitis. It can actually be reversed if caught in it’s early stages, known as gingivitis. However, just like other infections, gum disease can spread quickly and begin to affect your overall health. In the worst cases of periodontitis – you… Read more »
Common Gum Disease Myths Debunked!
Gum disease can range from mild forms of gingivitis to severe cases of periodontitis. In either situation, it can be painful and can drastically compromise your oral health. As with any infection, the earlier you’re able to catch gum disease, the easier it can be to treat. However, there is a lot of misinformation out… Read more »
Protect Your Oral Health from Age-Related Gum Recession
When your gums begin to pull away from your teeth, or recede, there is usually a cause for concern (the condition typically indicates gum disease, or some other dental malady). As we age, however, our gums can lose their grip on our teeth and recede simply due to a lifetime of use. Age-related gum recession… Read more »
Syosset Dentist Explores the Continuing Damage of Gum Disease
As your eyes are the windows to your soul, so too is your mouth the window to your body. The food you eat, the beverages you consume, and much of the air that you breathe all pass through your mouth before entering your body. There should be little surprise, therefore, to learn that the health… Read more »
An Innovative Approach to Battling Gum Disease
With the influx of studies and research that highlight a connection between your mouth and the rest of your body, battling serious oral health conditions has become quite an important endeavor. Scientists around the world are hard at work investigating risks, causes, cures, and treatments for such maladies as tooth decay and gum disease. In… Read more »
Explore the Inhabitants of Your Mouth with Syosset Dentist
Right now, there are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people on Earth (10-50 billion compared to six billion). That number may seem staggering when you consider that some bacteria cause tooth decay and gum disease. However, out of the up to 600 different species of bacteria in your mouth, only a few… Read more »
Syosset Dentist Explains the Connection between Gum Disease and Heart Disease
You’ve probably heard about gum disease from our team at Syosset Dental. At every examination and cleaning, our talented dentist, Dr. Richard Kobak along with our dental hygienists screen each patient for signs of gum disease. Involving the inflammation and infection of gum tissue, periodontal disease can advance into a chronic illness that destroys teeth… Read more »
Helpful Facts about Gum Disease
Advanced gum disease (periodontitis), can wreak havoc on your oral and overall health. Recent studies have linked gum disease to an increased risk for heart problems, diabetes, stroke, and Alzheimer’s. Essentially, gum disease is the infection or inflammation of gum tissues caused by a build-up of plaque and tartar at the gum line. Eventually this… Read more »
8 Ways to Whiten Your Smile
Did you know you can have a whiter, brighter smile just by changing what you eat? While some foods and drinks can stain teeth, others can help remove those stains or even prevent them from happening. Taking a few from this article, we’ve compiled a short list of 8 beverages and foods to embrace or… Read more »
