Why do my gums bleed?

The gums as well as the teeth are an essential part of the oral cavity and keeping them healthy will bring great benefits to our health. Sometimes we may have noticed that our gums bleed at the slightest touch or perhaps when we are brushing our teeth. There are many diseases that can cause this condition. It may be in the presence of diseases as simple as Gingivitis to slightly more serious diseases such as a malignant neoplasm called Leukemia. Now, let's focus on the most common: Gingivitis.

Gingivitis is nothing more than inflammation of the gums caused by poor oral hygiene. When we do not brush our teeth correctly, or we do not brush them, food debris accumulates on the dental surface and gums, and helps bacterial proliferation. The gums increase in size and bleed when we brush them. How to treat this condition? Or rather, how to prevent it. If our gums bleed, the best thing we should do from now on is brush our teeth in the correct way and at the correct frequency. Well, the teeth should be brushed four times a day, after breakfast, lunch and dinner and the fourth time before going to bed, which is the most important. Brushing should cover all dental surfaces and let's not forget the tongue, which is also sanitized. Then comes the way of brushing. We must know that the tooth brushes must be changed every 3 months and a tooth brush that is not too hard or too soft is recommended, but somewhere in between. The correct way to brush is by dragging the brush in only one direction, from the gum to the tooth, vertically, never in another direction. Otherwise we would be injuring the gum. This must be done in this sense on both the external and internal faces of the teeth.

Now that we know how to properly brush our teeth, a remedy that can help us reduce gingivitis is to make warm rinses with salty water three times a day, using a liter of boiled water to which we are going to add a tablespoon of common salt and with the warm water we will do rinses for a minute and we will expel the water after finishing.

I hope you already know how to keep your gums healthy and your teeth with them. Follow the advice of this humble dentist who wants to share his knowledge with you. I hope you improve your health.