One third of all people have a tendency to gum disease. This is genetically linked, so choose your parents carefully!

Gum disease can cause raised levels of both Cholesterol and sugar in the blood!.

Prevention is the best defence, so if you’re young enough, perfect oral hygiene may keep your gums healthy.

Longstanding gum disease needs a longstanding and usually very conservative treatment. Sometimes a regular (3 – monthly) professional cleaning to back up your home care is enough to prevent loss of teeth. Occasionally however, minor oral surgery may be required.

Unfortunately, not all dentists take the time to check the health of your gums or show you where future problems might be. As a preventive practice, the health of your gums is at the forefront of our philosophy.

Periodontal health is also crucial to the success of complicated aesthetic treatments; before we can place veneers or crowns, the gums must be healthy if we are to have lasting aesthetics.