Six signs of periodontal disease Periodontal disease is the most obvious and the most easily ignored symptoms are gingival swelling, bleeding, which is subjective to the patient can feel and observe, but many patients because these symptoms do not feel pain is not harmful to health and ignore.
Lead to the discovery of periodontal disease when the existence of the disease has been more serious, once the acute attack, the patient will have a fever, facial swelling and other symptoms, suffering, serious consequences.
Six Signs of periodontal Disease 1. Bleeding when brushing teeth Bleeding when brushing teeth is the first and best sign of gum inflammation.
No matter the bleeding is intermittent or continuous, is a lot of is very few, is spontaneous or brushing your teeth to eat excitant, represents your gum situation is very bad, at least have gum inflammation, as to whether have involvement to the bone, requires of the periodontal examination for early treatment and control.
Of course, some periodontal disease patients brushing bleeding situation is not obvious, such as long-term smoking friends, gingival color will be pale, texture is more tough, bleeding tendency is not obvious.
There is usually not too serious brushing patients, only brush the teeth of the bite so that there is no stimulation of the gums.
Long-term scientific studies have shown that smoking is closely related to periodontitis, which can promote the development of inflammation, so routine periodontal examination is the key to prevention and early treatment.
2, gingival swelling and pain there are individual positions of the gingival because of acute inflammation leading to abscess, there will also be gingival swelling and pain symptoms.
When patients come to the clinic, they describe a “big lump” on their gums, which may be new or recurrent.
This is a “periodontal abscess” caused by periodontal inflammation. It often represents rapid and massive destruction of the underlying local bone, so be sure to treat it early.
3, persistent halitosis halitosis is a common oral disease, there are many reasons for bad breath, periodontitis is an important reason.
Periodontitis can cause bleeding gums, tissue inflammation, and the metabolites produced by pathogenic bacteria can cause bad breath.
4. Gum distension, itching, or discomfort Periodontal disease causes the gums to swell, and normally this swelling and destruction is not painful, so we call it the “silent killer.”
However, some patients will feel a certain part of the gingiva has a feeling of swelling, itching or discomfort, and even use toothpicks or fingers to touch will feel comfortable, which means that you need professional periodontal examination and treatment.
5, loose teeth or even loose teeth are the symptom of serious inflammation to a certain extent. Some loose teeth can be relieved after treatment, while some may not be obvious. Such teeth will affect your quality of life more or less when chewing.
When you find that there are individual teeth or even self-loss, be sure to come to the periodontal examination, the life of the other teeth in the mouth is in your mind.
6. The displacement of teeth, especially the upper and lower anterior teeth, sometimes the loosening of teeth may not be obvious, but many patients find that their upper or lower anterior teeth have slowly changed their position over a period of time.
If the incisors are enlarged, if one of the incisors is twisted, if the incisors are sticking out, if the lower anterior teeth are showing scattered gaps, and so on, these are all symptoms of periodontitis.
