If you indulged in too much red wine or any
other food over the holidays, it might be more than your waistline that is
suffering from all of your good-hearted excess. According to your Dentist in Rancho Mirage, tooth decay is one of the biggest issues he confronts when
seeing patients after the New Year.
Most people are too busy to schedule an
appointment with a their dentist before the holidays, and if that
sounds like you, it is imperative that you go online or pick up the phone and
call your dentist.
That toothache that you had just before
Christmas may have been helped with a bit of clove oil, but that doesn’t mean
that you don’t have a cavity. Sometimes patients have no idea that tooth decay
has invaded their teeth until after a visit with their dentist.
Ignoring a toothache can be downright
dangerous, especially if an infection is present. Once an infection advances to
the abscess stage, you need to make a beeline to your dentist. Untreated abscesses can travel through your bloodstream into the brain and that
could be deadly. Problems with your teeth and gums should never be ignored and
that includes bleeding gums.
Gingivitis and the more advanced periodontal disease can result in tooth loss if ignored. Those little pockets that sit
between your teeth and gums can become loaded with food particles that form
bacteria eventually turning to plaque and tartar. Make an appointment with Dr.Randall Szutz who can access your gum situation by measuring the pockets, or
sulcus, in-between your teeth and gums.
Your Dentist in Rancho Mirage is the only one
who will be able to determine if your gums are healthy. If Dr. Szutz believes
that gingivitis is to blame for your bleeding gums he may recommend a deep
cleaning, otherwise known as scaling and planing.
