Gingival Recession: It's Not the Toothbrush's Fault
Let’s think about how many times we’ve heard the following chief complaints from our patients: “I have cold sensitivity,” “I’m noticing a dark spot close to my gum line (a.k.a. black triangle),” “I think I’m brushing too hard,” or, “I started flossing, and I noticed my gums starting to recede.” Raise your hand if you have heard any of these more times than you can count on all ten of your fingers.
We see gingival recession every day in clinical practice. It is the most common clinical situation observed in patient populations regardless of their age and ethnicity.1 Often we hear our patients say gingival recession is genetic or is caused by brushing too hard. To be quite honest (at one point in time), we probably blamed gingival recession on the same reasons. But is genetics and toothbrushing to blame for this situation?...
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We see gingival recession every day in clinical practice. It is the most common clinical situation observed in patient populations regardless of their age and ethnicity.1 Often we hear our patients say gingival recession is genetic or is caused by brushing too hard. To be quite honest (at one point in time), we probably blamed gingival recession on the same reasons. But is genetics and toothbrushing to blame for this situation?...
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