I was diagnosed with the start of periodontal disease. periodontist recommend i get an oral b and floss.?

he told me to angle the brush into my gums but when i went to the dentist they told me my gums are prone to recession and i should brush my bottom teeth up to "push" the gum up in the opposite direction of recession and brush my top teeth in the downward angle. who's right and why?

The periodontist is correct. You need to brush this way to get the tips of the bristles UNDER your gums. If you brush up, the bristle tips will just jump right over the most important places.

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my friend i must tell you i had the same problem only i neglected it!
a dentist told me i had periodontal disease and gum recession due to gingivitis , he recommended brushing with special paste and using mouth wash and cutting down on smoking.

now after 2 years 4 of my front teeth are almost completely black and one is gradually and painlessly getting chipped off ,the tooth gets more and more black and then when its completely rotten pieces just come off in food all that without any pain so my mouth looks disgusting, and my only hope is caps or veneers.

now as i look back i am soory and i also know the culprit , its not smoking as much as it is

PEPSI COKE
(SUGARS IN GENERAL)

over the last few years i picked up the bad habit of drinking up to 2 cans a day of pepsi or coke, let alone the artificial sweetened juices and ice cream and pastry.
growing up i usually didnt get those things and didnt prefer them and thats why i was so proud of my dental hygiene even though i never brushed my teeth!
thats the main change in my habits that occured in the recent years and that i identified as the main cause.

CAUSE NUMBER TWO
this cause is not usually cited but i started using sleeping pills and cold medications more frequently (for their sleeping effect) one known problem of such medications is their anticholinergic side effects that DECREASE SALIVA and gives you a DRY MOUTH saliva is recognized in protecting the teeth from caries , although sleep medications are not known to be causes of dental problems(lets call it my discovery) other drugs that produce DRY MOUTH are notorious for causing tooth decay like
METH, METHAMPHETAMINE although it is not exactly understood how it causes this tooth decay , methamphetamine also produces anticholinergic side effects like some sleeping pills. so if you are on any such medications you should consider either cutting down or using mouth wash more frequently.

so my advice to save your teeth

1 brush frequently , the direction is not really important since you have PERI odontitis meaning AROUND the tooth and not a primarily tooth body problem

2 use dental floss after meals to remove food remnants from between the teeth

3 use antiseptic mouth wash frequently

4 most important is to cut down on coke, pepsi and sugary beverages in general and sweet food.

5 stop smoking

6 use any medications that cause dry mouth with care.

You need to brush your gums. Here's the best way to do it. Buy a power toothbrush. Over lap the bristles on the gums, make sure it's soft bristle, if it isn't run under hot water first. Brush for 2 mins, inside and out 2x a day. Floss, have the hygienist show you how. Use a water pik-put 1/3 Listerine to the rest water and do this once a day. Periodontal disease is related big time to heart attacks and stroke! Take care

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