Bleeding gums
may indicate more than a dental health problem: current research links
gum disease to heart attacks, strokes, low birth weight babies, pancreatic
cancer, type II diabetes, respiratory disease, and systemic inflammations.
The link between
gum disease and potential health problems is highlighted by the fact that
85 percent of adults in the US have some form of gum problems, ranging
from gingivitis with bad breath and red, puffy, or bleeding gums to severe
periodontal disease leading to tooth loss. In fact, gum disease is the
leading cause of tooth loss.
Treating gum
disease has been historically difficult with homecare remedies due to the
fact that the bacteria that cause this disease are hidden and protected
beneath the gum line and create pockets that are hard to penetrate.
Getting medications
to the source of the infection is nearly impossible without professional
help. Now, however, antimicrobial agents can be delivered to the source
of the gum infection with a simple, affordable and comfortable system,
known as the Perio Protect Method™.
This method
delivers antimicrobial agents to the gum tissue and holds it there long
enough to eradicate the bacteria causing the disease.
Dr. Randolph
Sun in Lakeport CA has seen the benefits of Perio Protect® first hand.
"I have had amazing results with the Perio Protect System! My personal
patients have seen pocket reductions from 8 to 2mm."
An 8 mm pocket
(the area around the tooth that gets infected) indicates that a patient
has severe gum disease.
1-3 mm pockets
are within normal range. Continual use of the non-invasive method that
patients follow at home maintains healthy gum tissue and keeps the disease
at bay.
With control
over the bacteria in the gum tissue, Dr Sun's patients may also have a
new way to protect their general health.
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