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Crazy-Good Living!: Healthy Gums, Healthy Gut, Healthy Life by Periodontist Dr. Alvin H. Danenberg DDS. Feeling great? Feeling lousy? Whatever you're feeling, CRAZY-GOOD LIVING: Healthy Gums, Healthy Gut, Healthy Life can improve your health from the inside out. It's the only book written by a DDS
October 10, 2018
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Researchers have discovered that byproducts of bacteria in gum disease, called metabolic small chain fatty acid, can work together to wake up HIV in dormant T-cells and cause the virus to replicate. Their findings help explain why people with the HIV -infections and periodontal disease have higher levels of the virus in their saliva than HIV patients with healthy gums. Photo: HIV viewed through an electron microscope.
January 16, 2015
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. This insurance says they will cover it at 115% of the D1110 fee. Anyone else know more about this, or is already actually using it? just looked this up myself. code not in effect until 1-1-2017 Does this close the gap between prophy and SRP? Prophy = healthy gum D4346 = healthy gum + subG
April 12, 2018
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. His oral hygiene is not good. We don't think he brushes close enough to the gums. However, we think there is something else going on. No history of medications either. Any thoughts? Thanks. Poor oral hygiene and 24 hour mouth breathing. Tough to get these gums healthy. How much
May 24, 2017
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Healthy gum tissue but with multiple localized gingival recession areas, what could be the... I say...Braces?...As we know top of the tissue is usually about 3mm above the bone it is attached to (aka biologic width). So when you see tissue recede, you know you're also seeing bone recede. Why does
April 03, 2015
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with healthy gums is still a 1110 regardless of how much. 6. I'm not an instructor so you can't get college credit for this thread. :) Agree with everything she said. Periodontal maintenance visits start after the patient has received a periodontal diagnosis (or diagnoses, most of my patients have multiple
February 17, 2017
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sleeve there's a little collar of looseness, where bacteria, plaque, and calculus accumulate. In healthy gums, that area is very shallow and you can clean it out sufficiently with regular flossing and getting a cleaning every six months. But when you have gum disease, that area gets inflamed
November 03, 2014
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asked about any recent dr visits and she said everything was fine. I asked if she bruises easily and she said no. Any thoughts on what may be a reason for this. Her gums are healthy and pink. Pregnancy? Leukemia? If they look healthy and there is truly nothing physically on the teeth causing
June 23, 2020
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to commensal flora obligatorily brings back to normal healthy gum. Bones just follows. This is medecine and microbiology technology. Have a look for yourself. But you have to really look. Medecine does not remove bugs with surgery. Tartar removal in a non infected area becomes easy, and patient hygiene
November 05, 2014
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It ain't just ego. Some docs will say its super annoying trying to diagnose or treat caries along the gum line when the teeth are covered in junk and the gum are puffy bleeding. The bad breath is also super annoying to some docs. So there are some selfish reasons for doc the patient to have healthy gums
April 22, 2017
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, the group taking the placebo actually had a 36% increase in endotoxemia. The authors suggested that the positive results might be improved significantly if the probiotics were taken for several more months. In 2016, Xue Li and others () published their medical research. They used healthy human gum tissue
June 02, 2018
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MY Wife has been diagnosed with cutaneous lupus and on different occasions complains of burning gums. A visual exam shows only pale pink normal looking gingiva, also had another dentist look at her and he agreed visually her gums look healthy. Anyone have any ideals what could be causing
March 09, 2019
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decay set in on the buccal of a tooth in the first place? The area was getting missed. We have all seen single teeth with recession, have either super inflamed gums on their buccal, but the adjacent non receded teeth have healthy gums, because that one receded tooth is getting missed. Yes of course
January 10, 2025
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gingival tissue? No I have not taken any. But gingiva is generally coral pink to red color, puffy/edematous, and healthy looking gingival margins. Puffy/edematous gums with healthy looking margins? Those seem to contradict each other. Yes the puffiness is apical to the margin where the marginal
August 29, 2020
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. It's easy, say you have a few cavities, and some tartar buildup below your gum line. That needs to be cleaned off to get your gums healthy, and it can develop into serious problems in the near future if not treated. Now I typically will do this while I do your fillings in the area, so we can do
November 18, 2015
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treatment for perio pocketing? Sam Low proposed a change in nomenclature for treatment modalities which eliminates scaling and root planning from our lexicon. I'm with you. If I see no need for SRP, I don't do it. It's too destructive to the gums in the case of healthy gingiva. Your office manager
May 05, 2016
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healthy gums? my time spent in room with a prophy ( under age of 16) is usually about 10-15 mins, exam, review xrays and cavitron. I hand scale if there is calculus Assistant polishes with prophy cup and flosses. So appt time total is about 30 mins. Code for child prophy if under 13 yrs old, Adult
November 04, 2020
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come back until they are, and I don't participate in their care until then. I'm interested to know how most would handle a pt with reasonably healthy gums, no pocketing, but lots of small caries (proximal, class 5, recurrent, whatever)....you have documented this well and informed the patient
October 28, 2014
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is about 3 to 1. Those are no power factors! Age is just adding misconception. If you really do the mathematic, the most important risks factors come from having gingivitis either plaque induced or not plaque induced; and parasites into the biofilm since they are about totally absent in healthy gum
January 14, 2016
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? Whatever the motivation (fear, lack of knowledge, denial, poverty, cheap), I don't think it has to be complex - to keep the standard the same - diagnosed periodontal disease is just that. Healthy gum tissue/bone are the foundation of dental health. Cede that point and then, as a provider it is hard
September 26, 2016
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A young male patient, 28 years old, has chief complaint of gum recession. Patient is healthy non-smoker and no significant medical history. He brushes and flosses at least daily, using a Philips Sonicare on Sensitive Mode with Gum Care brush heads, only placing the toothbrush gently on his teeth
December 23, 2019
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the restorative treatment. Do NOT present it as a deep cleaning. What would you as a patient rather hear? Ok Ms Patient, we're going to polish up your teeth today and then Treatment Coordinator is going to explain a few options to fix your teeth and getyour gums healthy. Or NoMr
August 24, 2018
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are still chewing away with healthy gums and teeth. So many uses for the MVP-7 laser besides LANAP and LAPIP. I use the laser on a daily basis. What I thought was the major resistance to treatment, was $$$. Many patientswho turned down traditionalperiotreatment went forLANAP,when the cost
March 19, 2019
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and obtained similar results as microscopic data. This latter technique is adding a new appropriate tool to assess the presence of E. gingivalis. Protozoan was not detected in any of healthy gum sites nor with any of the different PCR technique. This new methodology allows us to add a new eukaryotic
December 23, 2014
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with the help of a laser or electrosurgery. It is going to be near impossible for him to have perfectly healthy gums with all those sub-g lesions. Has he at least cut out the sodas, sports drinks, and other acids? It was either OLDDOC or preventdoc here that posted a case just like this. Patient turned
October 28, 2014
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22 year old female patient presented to our office today complaining about burning in her gums. She brushes twice a day (with sensodyne), uses a non-alcoholic mouth rinse, and flosses 5/week. Her gums look stippled and healthy with no BOP or deep probings. She said that she has a general soreness
October 18, 2015
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nearly the same abrasivity as Rembrandt and also provides some (probably minimal though) whitening from the peroxide. Peroxicare is also about $2 cheaper per tube 2.) The Peroxicare to us seemed more Periodontal Patient Friendly. It says Healthy Gums in large letters on the tube, which keeps patients
January 27, 2015
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it to last one day longer than you.) The worst is when the RCT is already done, crown has been delivered, and the patient has been coming back with complaints of sore and bleeding gums, and you can clearly see that BWI occurred. Not fun to tell the patient that in order to get the gums healthier, I
May 10, 2021
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Every few months another headline drops that makes it sound like dentistry just discovered the root cause of half of medicine. This time it is gum bacteria and breast cancer. Before that it was heart disease, diabetes, pregnancy outcomes, pneumonia, Alzheimer's, rheumatoid arthritis. Same pattern
March 31, 2026
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where it I now on enamel, I really can't see it stying there for long Another question, let's say we have a 1mm pocket, perfectly healthy gums and we reposition it 4mm and everything works fine. What is the probing depth??¿?? Is it 1mm (in which case, do w get a long junctional epithelium
May 16, 2016
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! Is that something you would be interested in preventing? (DUH... you will get a yes). We want to make sure we can offer you the most appropriate treatment that will ensure your gums and bone stay healthy and are maintainable in the future. We will start with an initial cleaning and re-evaluate
July 21, 2017
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with the above modalities who come back with pretty healthy gums NOT REQUIRING SRP?? Was I wrong? Or some who might be full mouth SRP end up only needing several quads 1-3 teeth SRP? Did I waste their money? With regards to wasting peoples money: I'm pretty sure my hygiene department makes less
November 12, 2015
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gingival root surface decay and redecay, suddenly NO PLAQUE! HEALTHIER GUMS!Now, I have a hard time buying into the idea I must have specific trials to do this slight altering of a fluoride tray. It worked, the patient used it ironically because it was a gimmick, and he can tell his wife who
October 17, 2014
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in the position or bite of the teeth. Any of these signs may mean something is wrong. With the proper care, however, it may be possible to return them to a healthy state. This is where appropriate gum treatments come in. If you're having a problem, come in and see us so we can take care of it right away
January 22, 2016
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the bacteria were causing disease, the team swabbed the gums of healthy mice withP. gingivalisevery other day for 6 weeks to establish an infection. They later detected the bacteria in the animals' brains, along with. In a lab dish, the gingipains-whose job is to chop up proteins-damaged tau, a regularly
July 24, 2019
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This patient reports bleeding gums surrounding crown #13. #12 DO has been filled, pt has underwent SRP, and oral hygiene has much improved. There seems to be lingering papilla hyperplasia. Would the solution for this be gingivoplasty? If so what would you use to perform it? I have a Picasso lite
April 08, 2026
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under your gums isn't as healthy as it can be or as healthy as I'd like it to be. I'd like to talk with you more about this, what it means long term for your teeth and what can be done to help make things better. Is that okay with you? If she says No, then you say Okay, when you're ready I'm here
September 21, 2019
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to say, actually, things are not fine, you are at risk of losing your teeth..... Any advice would be appreciated. I would just focus on infection in the gums and once we clean that out your mouth, and entire body will be much healthier. Alternatively, I used these depending on the patients education
April 21, 2015
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inflammation psuedopockets is limited to about 4mm, beyond that I suspect LOA is actively occurring and I don't like to just watch it happen.For me, I don't want the patient to leave the office thinking,its just a regular cleaning, my gums must be healthy. No matter how much you talk to the a lot of times
August 05, 2014
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Texas A&M engineers have created a new type of biosensor that sticks to gum tissue and can monitor oral health in real time, aiming to spot inflammation long before traditional exams would catch it. Current diagnosis of gum disease often waits until visible damage has already occurred. The patch
February 17, 2026
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of cells called regulatory T cells (governed by the gene FOXP3), which act like peacekeepers: they monitor other immune cells and prevent them from launching attacks on healthy tissue. Their work explains why we don't all develop devastating autoimmune diseases, and it points the way toward more
October 06, 2025
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NP, cc: gum UL hurts. 3 years ago a dentist did a laser tx there and since then it hurts. The doctor that did it avoids me so I switched to you. I don't have a good picture, but #12 margin is a mile deep on buccal. as in I can't feel the margin deep. Ging is infl, bleeding. Zirconia crown. Pt has
October 14, 2025
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for THEIR gum disease. About 50% get it, the rest will go to the guys who will do bloody prophys and ignore the perio. And yes, it's usually delta patients in my experience as well. They're like the McDonald's of insurance/patients. Imagine still fighting this stupid fight in 2026. Richest guy in my practice
March 24, 2026
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to compare? 2024 2022 I cant feel anything under the gums with a perio probe or explorer or see anything visually, we only see it on the xrays. chicken bone That area likely needs osseous surgery, so when it is flapped either you or perio can figure out what that weird thing is. I did refer the patient to perio to have it checked out. I was curious what you all thought or if anyone has seen something like that before.
March 10, 2026
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and how you can treat it, and they still do not want to treat it, you did everything right. If I have a patient refuse scaling (which rarely happens if I use the buzz words major infection, lose teeth, bloody gums, infection that can spread to your heart or brain), then I usually refer them
April 16, 2016
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Otherwise-healthy 72 year old indian lady presented to me last year July complaining of a bump on her gum above the front tooth. Asymptomatic. <br/>The patient's oral hygiene was sub-optimal, so my immediate thought was that there was a piece of calculus subgingivally causing chronic
February 24, 2025
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% have bleeding doing this. It's wrong advice. We did not mention bacteria or gums. We tell them to brush in the wrong place -teeth. We tell them to use floss which can not clean gum biofilm and we use sterile instruments in infected sites and use those instruments in healthy sites spreading
September 04, 2018
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Patient presented two weeks ago with gum pain on lower right. Complaining that ithas been getting worse for a week. Intra oral exam- tooth 31 has keritinized avascular collar around tooth, bleeding on probing and pocketing mesiallyand distally. I scaled the area and placed arrestin mesially
July 27, 2016
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Otherwise-healthy 72 year old indian lady presented to me last year July complaining of a bump on her gum above the front tooth. Asymptomatic. The patient's oral hygiene was sub-optimal, so my immediate thought was that there was a piece of calculus subgingivally causing chronic inflammation. We
February 21, 2025
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So what is this Glam Gum I've heard about?
October 05, 2023
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