Do your gums often bleed when you bite down on hard objects and when you brush your teeth? Do you brush and rinse your teeth every day but still feel a bad taste in your mouth? Many people think that red and swollen bleeding gums are caused by lack of vitamin C due to fire, but in fact, bleeding gums and bad taste in the mouth are likely to be caused by periodontitis. The gums are red, swollen and bleeding, oral odor is one of the early symptoms of periodontitis, once ignored delayed treatment, can lead to loose teeth, and finally the danger of losing. Periodontitis Periodontitis, simply put, is a chronic disease of the tissues surrounding the teeth. The tissues involved in the hazard include the gums, the alveolar bone, and the periodontal membrane. Periodontitis is a common chronic progressive disease that is the main cause of gum recession and loose teeth. Periodontitis symptoms 1, periodontitis is not immediately generated, but because the teeth are not usually brushed clean (or brushing the wrong way) so that the teeth are not cleaned in a timely manner, slowly the dirt will form calculus, attached to the surface of the teeth and gum surface, periodontitis so step by step the development of the next. 2, gum bleeding: the symptoms of periodontitis, mainly manifested as red, swollen gums, bleeding, not only bleeding when brushing, sometimes bleeding when talking or biting hard objects, occasionally there can be spontaneous bleeding, gums dark red color, due to edema appears brighter. Probing bleeding can be used as an important indicator to diagnose the presence or absence of inflammation in the gums. 3, the appearance of bad breath: with the occurrence of bleeding gums, the development of periodontitis, the entire oral flora begins to become unhealthy, the mouth will appear bad breath. 4, periodontal pocket formation: Under normal circumstances, the depth of the gingival sulcus of healthy gums does not exceed 2mm, and more than two millimeters is periodontal pocket. The formation of periodontal pockets indicates that inflammation has developed from the gums to the periodontal tissue, so that the deeper periodontal tissue infection, chronic destruction, purulent secretions can overflow from the periodontal pockets. 5, loose teeth: early periodontitis teeth are not loose, only in the chronic destructive inflammation developed to a certain extent, can lead to loose teeth. 6, gum recession: gum recession is also one of the symptoms of periodontitis, but patients are often not easily detected. In periodontitis caused by local factors, the gingival margins appear to recede horizontally in shape because of the prolonged pressure of large amounts of tartar, which stimulates the gums. As for the receding periodontal tissue in old age, it is generally a physiological situation. On the one hand, it is due to the atrophy of the periodontal tissue itself; on the other hand, it is due to the continued eruption of teeth due to tooth wear, resulting in the exposure of the root surface of the teeth. Treatment of periodontitis The treatment of periodontitis requires the cooperation of both the doctor and the patient to achieve long-term results, both of which are indispensable. First, the doctor develops a thorough and detailed treatment plan for the patient. The treatment is based on local instrumentation, mainly removing tartar above the gums (supragingival tartar), tartar in the periodontal pockets (subgingival tartar), and scraping away diseased dental bone containing large amounts of bacterial toxins within the periodontal disease. After these treatments, the gum redness and swelling can subside, gum bleeding and pus overflow from the periodontal pockets can disappear, the disease is relatively stopped, and the inflammation can be controlled. Then, patients themselves need to adhere to good self-plaque control and regular periodontal maintenance treatment. Proper daily brushing, flossing and interdental brushing, regular return visits to the periodontist, review of thoroughly cleaned teeth, good periodontal maintenance and timely resolution of new problems. This is even more important, otherwise the work of the pre-dentist will be half-hearted and periodontal disease will re-occur. However, there are many patients who fail to fully comply with the doctor’s treatment plan, do not do regular reviews and fail to adhere to the appropriate maintenance period treatment and wish to draw attention to this. In summary, periodontitis can be prevented and controlled, but the effect of a single treatment of periodontitis is not a permanent one, the prevention and treatment of periodontitis is not something that can be done overnight, it needs to be planned and carried out systematically, and the perfect and meticulous periodontal maintenance treatment is more important.