Toothpaste - Receding Gums

[kopend]

can toothpaste bring back your gums - i have heard that corsodyl can repair them - can this be true ?

[Hopkirk]

I heard that once they have receded, they won't come back.

Pity, as mine look like Desert Orchid's now.

[Cloverjo]

No, they won't come back. You can limit more damage by brushing upwards on the lower gums. I have the same problem.

[woofgang]

no its not true. Excellent dental hygiene can slow the recession. There is also a corsodyl for daily use now but I can’t use it because it unbalances my mouth and I get oral thrush. I use Ultradex instead. My dentist says I do well with oral hygiene so it must wotk.

[Patsy33]

Some dentists think that flossing can make receding gums worse. (Or be one of the causes of it)

[woofgang]

I’d love to see the research on that one Patsy.

[MallyJ]

Corsodyl treats bleeding gums (very efficiently in my opinion) and therefore gum disease which is what damages gums and therefore loosens teeth. It hasn't changed the colour of my teeth . I use the mouthwash too.

[rockyracoon]

Whatever you do, don't buy the Corsodyl toothpaste. It is beyond vile.

[Peter Pedant]

I have to say I floss to limit gum recession

BUT - when I ws on chemotherapy I very sensibly spent money on getting my teeth into shape - getting an abs when you have no white cells is fraught with problems
amd when I went into remission - my dentist went
that is very odd - your gum recession has got better ( but not disappeared )

but obviously this is of no use to you

[woofgang]

PP you were immuno suppressed weren’t you? When Cyclosporine is used in dogs to treat atopic allergies, one of the side effects can be regrowth, in fact, overgrowth of gum tissue. Like yours, its not a course of action I would recommend to regrow receding gums.