Receding gums and braces?

Did or does anyone have braces that also has receding gums due to over-agressive brushing? Not receding gums cause of peridontal disease or anything, strickly over-aggressive brushing. How did it affect your braces and the end result if any??

Receding gums and braces?
Excessive scrubbing can cause recession, you should always use a soft toothbrush, perhaps one made especially for orthodontics. It has the bracket area cut lower in the brush to allow for brushing over brackets. Also angle the tooth brush to clean "below" the gum line and "under" the brackets, then brush the "incical edge" and "upper" portion of the brackets. Most of what causes this to happen is when you've brushed, but still see particles around the brackets, so you brush again, just harder. It's not how "hard" you brush, but how "well" you do it that's effective. Try to "lighten up" with a soft toothbrush and spend "more time" with your brushing. Sometimes this alone is very effective. I've given ortho patients proxy brushes to clean the brackets under the wires when they appear to be scrubbing too hard trying to remove debris from the bracket area where it tends to get caught at. Also the use of a water pik is helpful. Another tip, after eating anything to rinse vigorously to remove as much of the food as possible. Be sure to floss at least once a day if not more, to remove any plaque between the teeth and below the gum line. It's great that you are trying to keep your teeth and orthodontics clean, but too much scrubbing is harmful to the tissue. Try to spend 5 to 10 minutes with your hygiene at least twice a day. It take a little longer to clean with the additional bands, brackets, elastics, wires and what ever else you may have with your treatment, but the extra time is well worth saving the trauma to your tissue. Good luck and I hope I was of some help with your problem. Any time you have questions or concerns such as this, always ask your orthodontist or any of the assistants, as they are there to help you through out your treatment.
Reply:Homeopathic Treatment(s) for Gums :-





Gums spongy; bleeds easily; caries of teeth Kreosotum 30, 4 hourly





Ulceration and bleeding of gums; offensive breath, gums unhealthy, sensitive to hot and cold Mercurius Sol 30, 4 hourly





Gum abscess; due to decayed teeth or otherwise Heckla Lava 3X or 6X, 4 hourly





Inflammation and throbbing pain in the gums with hot feeling Belladonna 30, 4 hourly





Bleeding of gums; worse morning and pressure; gums purple in colour Lachesis 30, 4 hourly





Itching of gums; complaints are worse before a storm Rhododendron 30, 4 hourly





Ulceration and bleeding of gums; blood do not cogulate easily Phosphorus 30, 4 hourly





Gums retracted and bleed easily; pyorrhoea Carbo Veg 3X or 6X or 30, 4 hourly





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