Preserve Your Smile with Gum Disease Treatment

Your gums help support your teeth and form a protective barrier against harmful bacteria and infection. Gum disease can threaten that protection by destroying gum tissue and causing your gums to recede. This leaves your tooth roots and bones exposed to bacterial infection. Over time, this infection will weaken bone support in your teeth, resulting in loose teeth and, eventually, tooth loss. Fortunately, gum disease can be treated, and its effects reversed if caught early enough. Early treatment of gum disease at Anjum A. Ansari DMD, General & Cosmetic Dentistry by Anjum A. Ansari DMD in Boston, Massachusetts, can help preserve your smile. … Continue reading