Question:
My dentist has advised that I have a deep cleaning of my teeth. I
would like to try supplements and a regular cleaning to see if my gums
will respond. The considerations are money, pain and fear of the
proceedure. The dentist is saying that regularing cleaning will do no
good and may cause an abscess which would lead to losing a tooth. I
would like some feedback as this doesn't make any sense. The dentist
is willing to wait 5 months until I have some dental insurance.
Answer:
There are things you can try. I was in a similar situation.
At age 33 had surgery done, not to mention 2 root planing and scaling
procedures in the last 3 years with no improvement.
Upon deeper investigation I was led to believe that amalgam fillings
(if any) are one of the chief causes of periodontal disease.
Unaware of that my dentist went so far as to question if genes had
something to do with my intractable periodontal disease (and ever
bleeding gums).
You'd be surprised how many dentists have no idea about research
outside their narrow realm of specialization.
Hydrofloss made a huge difference for me though.
Bought it 3 days ago for $77 from Dental Depot.
I don't know if the claims about magnetization and reverse polarity are
true but definitely the improvement is remarkable and when I try to
floss with a regular thread afterwards no particles (smelly or not)
come out (also gone is the smell and taste of putrefying gum which
was all too familiar previously).
I am not affiliated with the company that manufactures that product,
however, I daresay that hydrofloss or similar irrigators are
substantially more effective than thread flossing & brushing.
The funny thing is when I asked my dentist about gum irrigators again
he had no opinion (weaseled out with "works for some, doesn't for
others").
I have a dental savings plan that saves us money at the dentist and it
costs very little. It's not insurance, but it does save money. Are you
waiting for insurance through your job? This is something you can get
now and see if it saves you, like it does our family. I can give you
the website if you're interested.
If you have to sell it with spam, I don't want it. Spammers are nothing
more than virtual cockroaches that infest and soil the Internet for all of us.
In addition, ask any of the dentists here about the scam known as "dental
savings plans".
I saw that one. I could have modded it before it was sent here. I will
try to be more careful in the future. I saw one person was upset with
an abusive poster in the thread "I'm leaving here too". Well, over on
my board, you (we) can have the ability to moderate all the posts, and
delete the crap. You can take a look here:
http://www.healthcareforums.org/viewforum.php?f=9
