What happens once you have ADVANCEd GUM DISEASE?

My teeth are loose, and became very loose just in the past few weeks. I havent seen the dentist yet, my appt is tomorrow. All my symptoms point to Advanced Gum disease. Will they have to remove all my teeth? What happens now, can my teeth and gums be saved? Please help i am so stressed

My teeth are loose, and became very loose just in the past few weeks. I havent seen the dentist yet, my appt is tomorrow. All my symptoms point to Advanced Gum disease. Will they have to remove all my teeth? What happens now, can my teeth and gums be saved? Please help i am so stressed. I brush my teeth regularly, i floss and rinse. I have had bad teeth my whole life. Can they save yourteeth once they are LOOSE?

Try not to worry so much till you see your dentist , they have seen this many times before and will guide you through treatment options .

your teeth fall out. duh.

Go to the dentist right now.

Dentists or dental hygienists "measure" periodontal disease using a device called a periodontal probe. This is a thin "measuring stick" that is gently placed into the space between the gums and the teeth, and slipped below the gum-line. If the probe can slip more than 3 millimetres length below the gum-line, the patient is said to have a "gingival pocket" around that tooth.

This is somewhat of a misnomer, as any depth is in essence a pocket, which in turn is defined by its depth, i.e., a 2 mm pocket or a 6 mm pocket. However, it is generally accepted that pockets are self-cleansable (at home, by the patient, with a toothbrush) if they are 3 mm or less in depth.

This is important because if there is a pocket which is deeper than 3 mm around the tooth, at-home care will not be sufficient to cleanse the pocket, and professional care should be sought. When the pocket depths reach 5, 6 and 7 mm in depth, even the hand instruments and cavitrons used by the dental professionals cannot reach deeply enough into the pocket to clean out the bacterial plaque that cause gingival inflammation.

In such a situation the pocket or the gums around that tooth will always have inflammation which will likely result in bone loss around that tooth.

The only way to stop the inflammation would for the patient to undergo some form of gingival surgery to access the depths of the pockets and perhaps even change the pocket depths so that they become 3 or less mm in depth and can once again be properly cleaned by the patient at home with his or her toothbrush.

If a patient has 5 mm or deeper pockets around most of their teeth, then they would then risk loss of all of their teeth over the years. If this not identified and the patient remains unaware of the progressive periodontal disease then, years later, they may be surprised that most of the teeth have suddenly seemed to become loose and that most or all of them may need to be extracted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gum_disease...

Maybe, it depends how advanced it is. The DDS will decide when he looks at it. Brush your teeth!!!

It depends on how bad it is. If it's in the early stages, most likely you can start to floss and water pick with salt water daily. If that does not work they may send you to a specialist.

Teeth fall out.

Advanced gum disease with bone loss means you either lose your teeth, as they will fall out without the supporting bone lost, or you go though bone grafts which are expensive, and I'm guessing if you had dental insurance, or money for dentists, you wouldn't have let it get this far. Some of your teeth may be alright. Wearing a partial or a full plate isn't so terrible, your smile will be prettier and you won't have all that pain and worry. It will be better too than leaving the infection in your mouth, it can actually get into your bloodstream and make you ill.

My advice to you is to start thinking of your new dentures in ADVANCE. On the brighter side no more toothaches and no more dentist's bills! I have dentures now caused by the same problem. A very short time getting used to them! Now my tongue can touch my nose! On the humourous side I think of them as being just like the stars. They can come out at night! Good luck! No need to get yourself so stressed out!!