Gum issues/disease

[Carys]

Beat me to it Phuzella......as I said above in the previous post....its not about brushing, that's not enough. Floss and interdental are needed everyday. Mouthwash isn't needed.

[Magic]

I have receding gums. There are spaces between my teeth so I have to floss after every meal, which is very inconvenient when eating out. I use the brushes too.
Only brush twice a day, do not use rinse and see the dentist every six months.

[Dayvid]

Thanks guys. I never used to floss but I will start.

The bleeding has 90% stopped. When I brush the couple of teeth that still bleed, they hardly bleed now and not every time I brush so it's healing. And the other teeth have completely healed 100%

I see the dentist every 6 months so I presume this happened in the last 4-5 months. There is still some bleeding if I push on the gum (and I have put push quite hard and quite a bit) so there are a couple that aren't completely 100% healed.

..... Hopefully they will.

The gaps between my teeth are so small/tight so flossing or interdental brushing is tough. They are not large gaps that I have.

And the last 2 are at the back of 2 of my front teeth (where I saw the white plaque/tartar for months and presumed it was a stain - I guess this is what caused my issue?!) that's gone now and they've improved massively.

[Carys]

Good stuff ! Keep it up. My daughter is the same, she can't even get floss through her teeth. You can get short lengths of floss with pointy ends, so you kind of feed it through the hole, rather than trying to push it down between the teeth. Did that make any sense ?

[Phuzella]

And if floss gets stuck pull it through not up

[Fishmanpa]

Get a Waterpik... A little messy but they work great.

Positive thoughts