Is my sonicare making my gums recede?

T-rev

I have had a lot of work on my teeth, 3 RC, 4 crowns, whitening, 5 fillings all in the past 9 months.

My bottom gum seems to be receeding more than before when my oral hygiene was bad.

My gums bleed the odd time, but always the upper gum, not the lower.

I am thinking it might be my sonicare toothbrush making my gums recede.

Could this be the case?

georgieporgy

when you were neglecting your teeth/oral hygiene, the gums would have been more swollen. Now with proper care they are shrinking back to a normal size and may therefore look like they are receding.

The upper ones that still bleed need more attention. They generally only bleed from neglect. Just brush the gums more. If bleeding persist see your dentist.

sonicare won't cause recession unless you are really overdoing things.

ballsymchugh

just to add, the healthy gum is always a certain distance from the supporting bone underneath, so if you have really really bad gum disease and the bone gets involved and starts receding itself, when you tackle it and everything settles down, the gum should go back to being a certain distance from the bone again.
so given that the bone has moved back, the gums will recede. it's a tell tale sign that the treatment is working. it may not look great, but that can be attended to when you're disease free for a while.



look at this, not that great looking, but perfecly healthy.

digzy

just out of curiousity how would you treat sensitivity in this case bar the usual rubbing on of paste bucally or seal/protect application?

ballsymchugh

refer to sm... erm... someone else!

georgieporgy

digzy wrote: »

just out of curiousity how would you treat sensitivity in this case bar the usual rubbing on of paste bucally or seal/protect application?

I think these are ballsy's girlfriend's teeth. Seal the roots with something like SE Bond. You will get instant complete relief of sensitivity