How your gums affect your smile

Just as a picture needs a frame, a tooth needs the support of good healthy gums. Beautiful teeth can be marred by unsightly gums that are red, swollen or puffy. Worse yet are gums that have receded because of periodontal disease. However, even when the disease does cause gum loss, creating unwanted spaces between teeth there are ways to deal with those unattractive dark cracks.



Loose teeth do not always point to gum disease, but if you can press on your teeth and they respond by falling back into your gums, more than likely it is because periodontial disease is present. Time is the best friend of gum disease. The longer the disease is allowed to fester, the worse the disease becomes, and thus the more severe and costly the dental treatment to arrest it.