Your gums are not supposed to bleed when you brush or floss. Bleeding when brushing or flossing indicates the presence of gingivitis - which is caused by plaque bacteria.
You should see your dentist, and get checked, and get your teeth cleaned professionally. But this is what you should be doing at home to clear up the problem:
You need to make sure you are brushing effectively. You use a SOFT toothbrush only, and aim it at the gumline at a 45 degree angle. Make sure some of the bristles get into the crevice between the tooth and gum. Use little vibratory strokes, and then sweep the brush up toward the biting surface. Go around your whole mouth like this - don't forget the tongue side of the teeth. Don't scrub back and forth - except on the biting surface of the back teeth. Brush at least twice a day - after breakfast and before bed.
Flossing: Take a length of floss and wrap it around your 2 middle fingers. Hold about a 2" piece tight between your forefingers and thumbs. Insert the floss gently against a tooth side, then curve your hands so that the floss is making a letter "C" shape against the tooth. Keeping the floss always in contact with the tooth, move it up and down, making sure you GENTLY floss under the gumline.
To move to the adjacent tooth, bring the floss up and OVER the little pink triangle of gum, slide to a fresh section of floss, and bring it against the next tooth surface, and repeat. You should never snap the floss down hard, and never "saw" back and forth.
Continue around your whole mouth like this. When you get to the back teeth, it's going to be very hard to curve the floss - but that's ok, just do the best you can. If you ever feel like it's going to get stuck in the contact or shred, then just pull it through, like you'd pull thread through a needle eye.
Brushing at least twice a day, and flossing once, using these techniques will usually clear up gingivitis. The best time to concentrate your efforts is before bed, so that you go to sleep with a clean mouth. The bleeding should stop within 2 weeks.
It is also advisable to take a good multivitamin daily, along with an additional 500 mgs of vitamin C. This will aid in the healing of the gums.
I am enclosing 2 links for you that describe these techniques very clearly - one for brushing, the other for flossing.
Hope this helped!~
You should see your dentist, and get checked, and get your teeth cleaned professionally. But this is what you should be doing at home to clear up the problem:
You need to make sure you are brushing effectively. You use a SOFT toothbrush only, and aim it at the gumline at a 45 degree angle. Make sure some of the bristles get into the crevice between the tooth and gum. Use little vibratory strokes, and then sweep the brush up toward the biting surface. Go around your whole mouth like this - don't forget the tongue side of the teeth. Don't scrub back and forth - except on the biting surface of the back teeth. Brush at least twice a day - after breakfast and before bed.
Flossing: Take a length of floss and wrap it around your 2 middle fingers. Hold about a 2" piece tight between your forefingers and thumbs. Insert the floss gently against a tooth side, then curve your hands so that the floss is making a letter "C" shape against the tooth. Keeping the floss always in contact with the tooth, move it up and down, making sure you GENTLY floss under the gumline.
To move to the adjacent tooth, bring the floss up and OVER the little pink triangle of gum, slide to a fresh section of floss, and bring it against the next tooth surface, and repeat. You should never snap the floss down hard, and never "saw" back and forth.
Continue around your whole mouth like this. When you get to the back teeth, it's going to be very hard to curve the floss - but that's ok, just do the best you can. If you ever feel like it's going to get stuck in the contact or shred, then just pull it through, like you'd pull thread through a needle eye.
Brushing at least twice a day, and flossing once, using these techniques will usually clear up gingivitis. The best time to concentrate your efforts is before bed, so that you go to sleep with a clean mouth. The bleeding should stop within 2 weeks.
It is also advisable to take a good multivitamin daily, along with an additional 500 mgs of vitamin C. This will aid in the healing of the gums.
I am enclosing 2 links for you that describe these techniques very clearly - one for brushing, the other for flossing.
Hope this helped!~
Source(s):
I'm a dental hygienist
http://www.adha.org/oralhealth/brushing.…
http://www.dental-picture-show.com/tooth…
http://www.adha.org/oralhealth/brushing.…
http://www.dental-picture-show.com/tooth…
It is never normal to have gums that bleed and, in fact, bleeding gums can be a sign of gum disease. You should visit your dentist to make sure you don’t have periodontitis (another name for gum disease), and make sure you are practicing good oral hygiene at home—brushing twice a day, flossing and regularly seeing your dentist. Gum disease can lead to pain, infection, loss of gums, loss of bone and eventual loss of teeth. It has also been associated with serious secondary health concerns such as heart disease, stroke and some cancers.
If you do have gum disease, you should seek treatment right away to avoid any further complications. There is a treatment for periodontitis that doesn’t require a cut-and-sew surgery. It’s called the LANAP® protocol, and it’s a laser-based, patient-friendly way to treat gum disease. You can learn more this treatment, gum disease and its risks and signs here: http://www.facebook.com/FightGumDisease
~ Dr. Dawn Bloore
Dawn Bloore, DDS, is a practicing California dentist and LANAP® protocol (lanap.com) clinician. She is the Training Director and Certified Instructor for the Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry.
If you do have gum disease, you should seek treatment right away to avoid any further complications. There is a treatment for periodontitis that doesn’t require a cut-and-sew surgery. It’s called the LANAP® protocol, and it’s a laser-based, patient-friendly way to treat gum disease. You can learn more this treatment, gum disease and its risks and signs here: http://www.facebook.com/FightGumDisease
~ Dr. Dawn Bloore
Dawn Bloore, DDS, is a practicing California dentist and LANAP® protocol (lanap.com) clinician. She is the Training Director and Certified Instructor for the Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry.
You need to use a soft bristle brush for your teeth, and you don't need to brush that hard. You also need to floss, and get right in there with it to clean between your teeth and toughen the skin. You wouldn't need a doctor, but a dentist.
most likely ur gums are swollen.
this occurs when there are deposits between ur teeth and gums also called tartar or calculus
go to dentist and get scaling {cleaning} done. this will remove debris after some days inflammation of gums will subside and they won't bleed again but be careful afterwards to clean ur teeth so that this does not happen again
this occurs when there are deposits between ur teeth and gums also called tartar or calculus
go to dentist and get scaling {cleaning} done. this will remove debris after some days inflammation of gums will subside and they won't bleed again but be careful afterwards to clean ur teeth so that this does not happen again
Check with your dentist on periodontal disease. Have them chart your mouth properly and get a deep cleaning if needed. Periodontal diseases are also associated with hart diseases, diabetes and so on.
You should see a dentist to see what is causing it. It could be you are brushing too hard or with a hard bristle toothbrush. Are you flossing daily? Maybe you have some gingivitis.
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