Bleeding gums, Bad Breath, puffy and swollen gums. Are you embarrased about your bad breath?
You probably have gingivitis. What does this mean?
Bacteria that was not cleaned off with floss and toothbrushing may accummulate over time and hardens into what we call Calculus. These Calculus have matured bacterial swarms that invades your gum tissue and destroy your bone. The smelly part comes from the gas produced by anaerobic bacteria called A.A.
These bacteria are destructive and they will cause tooth loosening and bleeding gums,
If you wish to get advice and treatment on bleeding gums and bad breath.
Ask your dentist to give you a periodontal assessment and good deep cleaning under local anaesthetic. As these matured plaque and calculus are quite stubborn to removed.
They probably becomes black and sticky as the blood is now mixed with the bacteria swarm.
The yellowish calculus means that they bacterial colony is still not mixed with your blood, this is perhaps removed with an ultrasonic scaler.
The black bits that are sticky on the roots will require the hand instrumentation to scrape the last bit off.
Your dentist may ask you to scrape your tongue. We have tongue cleaners to scrape the furry bits off. These will improve your bad breath as well.
Mouthwashes may assist however you will need Chlorhexidine based mouth wash to eliminate 12 hrs of bacteria. Please make sure you are not reliant on mouthwash as a means to remove plaque as the hardened plaque requires mechanical removal ie flossing, toothbrushing and dental cleaning by your dentist.
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Generalised gingivitis