Dental help about tartar?

Thursday, February 24, 2011

My wife is 29 now. She is from Asia, and have never during her life in Asia visit any dentist. After moving to Europe 2 years ago, she was called in for dentist check. The dentist said her teeth look very good, but she have a lot of tartar, and he recommend to remove the tartar. We said ok to that, but now 6 month after my wife have so much problem with Parodontal disease that I think that it was a wrong decision. Pain and blood is the result every day. She take care her teeth very well, so its not because of that she have problems. I think that if she have keept the tartar, then there have been no problems at all. Do you know similar friends with the same problem or is there any dentist who can explaine what happen and how to solve the problem. sorry my english is not so good.
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Tartar is the build up of plaque on your teeth. That does not cause periodontal disease. As a matter of fact, if it is not removed it does cause periodontal disease. When your gums shrink due to bad oral hygiene, excess tartar or lack of nutrients in your diet it exposes portions of the root. This is periodontal disease and it will cause bleeding and redness of the gums and it can hurt. In extreme cases the dentist will perform a type of oral surgery on the gums. They do a section at a time and basically you're trying to have the gum cover the exposed root and/or nerve. I can't imagine that your wife has periodontal disease that has progressed to that point since she saw a dentist 6 months ago. She should go back to a Dentist, if another choice would make you feel better try someone new. She might need a simple mouth rinse to clean the infected area or she might need her teeth scaled again to remove the tartar completely. People, also, don't realize that when they are in the womb they receive all their nutrients from their mother. If her mother was not well, or if her diet did not contain enough vitamins and minerals- it could impact the health of the child and their teeth. Perhaps, this might have had some influence too. Whatever the cause, don't be afraid of the Dentist. She should go because if she does have disease. her teeth could become loose and eventually fall out. She doesn't want that to happen.
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