Periodontal maintenance is the follow-up phase after gum therapy. Learn what happens at the visit, why the schedule is individualized, and how home care helps keep gums stable.
If you have diabetes and notice bleeding, swelling, bad breath, recession, or loose teeth, bring those symptoms—and your diabetes details—to your dental visit.
A little gum bleeding can happen after a lapse in flossing, but recurring bleeding with swelling, recession, bad breath, loose teeth, or chewing pain should be checked.
Gum disease and heart disease are linked in research, but that does not mean one directly causes the other. This article explains what periodontitis is, what the evidence really shows, what it does not prove, and what patients can do now to protect both oral and overall health.
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