Extreme dental hygiene is not enough, you must also take care of your diet and your lifestyle habits.
The bacterial flora of the mouth, composed of millions of microorganisms, helps you if it is compensated. Poor dental hygiene, poor diet, smoking or suffering from stress causes pathogenic germs to proliferate.
If the oral ecosystem is in poor condition, these germs from the mouth can migrate and cause infections in other parts of the body.
The bacterial flora of the mouth, composed of millions of microorganisms, helps you if it is compensated. Poor dental hygiene, poor diet, smoking or suffering from stress causes pathogenic germs to proliferate.
If the oral ecosystem is in poor condition, these germs from the mouth can migrate and cause infections in other parts of the body.
The bacterial flora of the mouth, composed of millions of microorganisms, helps you if it is compensated. Poor dental hygiene, poor diet, smoking or suffering from stress causes pathogenic germs to proliferate.
If the oral ecosystem is in poor condition, these germs from the mouth can migrate and cause infections in other parts of the body.
Periodontal disease is very common and affects the gums and bone surrounding the teeth because bacterial plaque is deposited on them. It usually does not cause pain, which means that when we diagnose it, its damages can already be considerable.
There are two different types of bacterial plaque: the one outside the gum in contact with oxygen and saliva, and the one that is under the gum and develops without oxygen.
NATURAL TREATMENTS TO CARE FOR GUMS AND TEETH
To deal with “bad bacteria” we can follow the instructions of professionals, who will be governed by one of the following guidelines:
1. PROFESSIONAL CLEANING
Very intense brushing can favor the wear of the area of the teeth that joins the gum, but even so the excess is still preferable to the defect.
Above all, interdental cleaning, that is, the space between the teeth, is essential. In this area, food debris and bacteria that favor periodontitis can accumulate.
It is necessary to deeply clean the spaces under the gum and between the teeth, where pockets are formed in which the “bad” bacteria are housed.
2. PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY
This therapy involves injecting a gel with oxygen to remove bad bacteria from under the gums. Subsequently, another gel is injected with probiotics, which are activated with a special light.
With the application of this type of treatment there is a great improvement. It also disappears bad breath and helps prevent cavities. For 3 months you have to take oral probiotics daily.
It is always better to prevent
We can prevent periodontal disease with the oil pulling technique.
3. WITH VEGETABLE OILS
It consists of wiping your mouth and passing between your teeth a tablespoon of coconut oil, sesame oil or olive oil, for as long as possible, without exceeding 20 minutes. Then it is spit out. It should be done every morning.
Rinses with calendula, which has anti-inflammatory properties, are also recommended. You can dilute a tablespoon of calendula mother tincture in a glass of water.
4. WITH ESSENTIAL OILS
Another homemade mixture with which you get very good results is: 10 ml of coconut oil, 7 drops of tea tree, 5 drops of cloves, 5 drops of tuyanol and 5 drops of peppermint.
Make the oil pulling with water in which you have dissolved a few drops of this mixture.
Tea tree oil gives an antiseptic effect to the mixture.
5. HOMEOPATHIC
Three are usually prescribed for inflamed gums:
- Kreosotum 7CH, at the rate of three granules three times a day when there is localized inflammation.
- Mercurius solubilis 5CH. It is given three times a day if the gums ooze.
- Kalium phosforicum SCH. Three grams three grams are usually prescribed three times a day if the gums are receding and bleeding.
