https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:52:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-875027 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:14:41 +0000 lavender 875027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: looks like a good basic toothbrush, it'll do the job, just remember no scrubbing with it, leave it on each tooth surface for a couple of seconds and then move on :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-875009 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:05:11 +0000 mrs. bird 875009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lavender: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Philips-HX5610-30-Rechargeable-Toothbrush/dp/B007ZN5ATQ/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1371847772&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=electric+toothbrush" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Philips-HX5610-30-Rechargeable-Toothbrush/dp/B007ZN5ATQ/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1371847772&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=electric+toothbrush</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-875000 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:01:34 +0000 lavender 875000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: nope </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-874999 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:01:33 +0000 kjpugs 874999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: LOL! Isn't it crazy? I honestly stopped fully trusting dentists at that point. My childhood dentist said my sister had to get a pallet expander and braces, and that I would just need a retainer. We move, and new dentist gives ALL of us braces, and I'm the one stuck with a pallet expander, and then of course a retainer after the fact. Even as a kid I thought "this is weird, it's the opposite of what I was told before." So as long as I'm not having pain, I'll deal. Although I'll admit it's been a little too long since my last visit... gotta do that, I mean I PAY for my dental insurance! GAHH! I just hate them. (Sorry to any dentists reading for not trusting you, haha) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-874998 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:00:49 +0000 mrs. bird 874998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lavender: is the link there now? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-874996 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:58:35 +0000 lavender 874996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: I don't see a link :sad: BTW avoid any whitening toothpaste, they can make sensitive gums even more sensitive. Oh you can try rubbing some sensodyne on that tooth that is sensitive and leave it on for 15 mins, then spit it out... That might help as well :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-874992 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:56:17 +0000 mrs. bird 874992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kjpugs: they told me not to get braces because i have so little bone in the front. they said my teeth would just shift again and only my bottom front teeth are a little crooked, my top teeth are pretty nice (weird thing to say, haha). i hope yours sort themselves out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-874988 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:52:56 +0000 mrs. bird 874988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: i'm hoping you're right! but last night after i got off the phone with my mom, DH thought something was wrong because i was silent, it hurt to talk because it was all irritated from my mouth rubbing against it when i talk :sad: i'm sure he'd enjoy more quiet, but i don't think it's a good sign!</p> <p>@lavender: of course i just stocked up on free crest prohealth, haha, but i will go get some sensodyne if it'll help! thank you! is this toothbrush okay? i have it in my cart, but i haven't checked out yet :happy: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Philips-HX5610-30-Rechargeable-Toothbrush/dp/B007ZN5ATQ/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1371847772&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=electric+toothbrush" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Philips-HX5610-30-Rechargeable-Toothbrush/dp/B007ZN5ATQ/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1371847772&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=electric+toothbrush</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-874975 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:48:15 +0000 kjpugs 874975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine are all receding. I hate it. One dentist wanted to give me braces (AGAIN) saying my teeth were sitting too far up and that caused them to recede. I said no. It doesn't bother me that much. Apparently the only way to fix them is surgery. (The braces would help keep it from happening again, apparently.) and the surgery is annoying with a longer recovery. We'll see what happens down the line but right now I'm trying to forget about it. Hope yours stop bothering you!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-874960 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:44:40 +0000 lavender 874960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: in the meantime have you tried using Sensodyne? Won't work right away (usually takes 2-3 weeks) ,but it'll help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-874866 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:08:27 +0000 Foodnerd81 874866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: Ugh why do these things always come up right when your coverage is ending??? I really think that this isn't going to be as big a deal as you are fearing though. Maybe I'm naively optimistic but I think it will just be a little thing they can do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-874840 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:02:26 +0000 mrs. bird 874840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lavender: they were closed today :sad: but i'm gonna call around because i need whatever is going to be done finished ASAP because i'm gonna lose my dental coverage on july 6th (panic starting... NOW). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-874756 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 14:36:58 +0000 lavender 874756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: were you able to make your appt? I want an update! Btw, local anesthesia is just a shot :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-872615 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:50:54 +0000 hummusgirl 872615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: Cadaver! Wow. I think I may have had a choice, but I'd heard that using your own skin was much more painful (and I'm a baby about pain). I forgot to add, I knew for a while that I had to have it done, so I put like $3k into my flex spending for the following year to cover it. And maybe prices have come down since then, who knows! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-872563 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:42:44 +0000 mrs. bird 872563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SupernovaJ: that is the most hopeful thing I've read about this! Thank you!!!!! This friggin hurts right now, but I'm hoping it could go back like yours did!</p> <p>@grizz: Does yours hurt?</p> <p>@hummusgirl: There's no way I can afford that right now :( I'm gonna have to look at my coverage to see what it would be. Crazy cadaver skin! That's one of the things you can donate after you die. Did you get to choose between using your skin vs cadaver skin? I don't know which I'd pick! I mean having less recovering in my mouth would be nice... But cadaver skin in there would be weird to think about. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-872356 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:58:35 +0000 hummusgirl 872356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had receding gums and had to have a graft procedure done about 4 years ago. They didn't take my own skin though, they took donated(?) cells that had the DNA removed (or something like that, I didn't totally understand but they assured me it was impossible to get any sort of disease from these donated cells, which was my main concern!). </p> <p>Anyway, the surgery itself wasn't bad - it was a day thing and I had to eat soft foods for a few days after and I couldn't really smile for a couple weeks. The worst part was how crazy expensive it was - I want to say $3,500 or so? I got a discount because my periodontist taught the procedure to others, so there was actually a camera in the room trained on my mouth, and a roomful of periodontists-in-training down the hall watching as my guy explained everything. I think I got 25% off for doing that! I think I listened to my iPod - I don't remember it being too bad, they numbed everything. </p> <p>Afterward, they said to brush more softly - just three fingers on the brush, and always brush from the gum down (on top) and gum up (on bottom). I don't usually remember to do that now...hope I don't have to get grafting done again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-872272 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:37:37 +0000 Boheme 872272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have to have this procedure done too, and I am so scared! I brush too hard as well. I will look into an electric toothbrush! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-872180 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:14:07 +0000 SupernovaJ 872180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i had terrible receding gum lines where my four incisors are... apparently it's from brushing too hard, and little bone, which may be a genetic thing. i switched to an electronic toothbrush which helped a lot... it actually came down significantly! but in the beginning when the root was exposed, it definitely hurt. they put some sort of covering on it that looked like tooth enamel to protect the nerves. didn't hurt at all. definitely look into an electronic tooth brush and don't brush as hard - i know it's hard! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-872113 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:00:01 +0000 mrs. bird 872113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cupcake: ahhhhhhhh! They sewed gauze to your mouth?!?!? I have a crazy gag reflex (I vomited on more than one dentist as a kid!), that would make me crazy!</p> <p>@lavender: I will throw away the spinbrush when I get home! So does local mean like numbing &amp; gas, or like conscious sedation? I have panic attacks and I REALLY don't wanna freak out in the middle of it! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-872051 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:46:48 +0000 mrskc 872051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>oh man this thread scares me. I have one tooth in the front where the gum has receded (I think from brushing too hard). It's very sensitive, but the dentist has never mentioned treatment of it to me. I guess i should ask next time I go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-872038 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:43:15 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 872038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: I had the gas first. I was so scared of the shots! I started crying when thy brought out the needle, but I had already had the gas so it kind of hurt, but I didn't care that it did? lol. And then as they did the actual procedure I could feel pressure and things, but no pain. But I remember thinking to my self "OMG this is going to hurt later!!" and thinking that was pretty funny. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-872033 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:42:47 +0000 lavender 872033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: Stay away from the spinbrush! That can actually cause more harm than good, and I remember there was a recall/warning issued last year on them, I always rec either an oral-b or sonicare. I'd see your reg dentist and then they can refer out to a perio if needed. And it does sound like a tissue graft is in your future and usually just local anesthesia is used for that procedure. They usually take a piece of gum from your palate and graft it on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-872024 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:40:28 +0000 mrs. bird 872024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: I'm like wolverine as far as healing, so hopefully I'd be ok. I had an extremely difficult extraction of my 4 impacted wisdom teeth (according to the oral surgeon), and somehow had no bruising and healed freakishly fast. Did they give you gas before they numbed you? I'm afraid of novacaine shots! I've never had laughing gas..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-872019 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:39:43 +0000 Foodnerd81 872019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: I don't remember them telling me what kind to get, but it's worth asking your dentist. My dentist had to get the descaling treatment approved (I think that's what it was called) then, because they had proved that I needed that, the insurance covers the 4 visits a year. I have a copay at every other-- one is like $8 and the other is $70, then the other two are free like usual. It seems fair since I go twice as often as everyone else. </p> <p>And no judgement on the flossing here-- I didn't do it for AGES even though they told me to every single time. I still hate doing it, but I hate being in the dentist chair more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-872008 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:35:34 +0000 Cupcake 872008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: they took skin from the back of the roof of my mouth. It did hurt after, in both places. I don't think I ate much for a few days other than ice cream and jello and soup. </p> <p>The worst thing was they stitched a piece of gauze over the open area to help it clot. It was supposed to fall off within a few days, I was told. It NEVER did. So everything I ate/drank soaked into it and made my mouth taste like blood, and everything else I consumed until I begged my mom to take me back and have them take it out. It was disgusting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-871998 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:33:20 +0000 mrs. bird 871998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I have been slacking on my flossing :sad: I got really good about it everyday and then the past month or so, it's been a rough month, it's been like 1-2/wk &lt;hangs head in shame&gt; does it matter what type of electric brush? I think someone scolded me once for my spinbrush saying I was gonna wreck my gums but I ignored them &amp; forgot who it was. I have dental ins, so I'm def gonna see if they'll cover extra cleanings! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-871974 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:27:11 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 871974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cupcake: same and same reason (I think!)</p> <p>The graft was fine, I'm a HUGE wimp and especially for dental stuff. They gave me laughing gas and I stayed awake but was totally out of it/didn't feel anything because they numbed me.</p> <p>HOWEVER, I had a lot of issues with recovery, which I hear is super rare, so I won't share that with you, because my dentist said I was the worst he'd ever seen! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-871973 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:26:59 +0000 mrs. bird 871973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cupcake: OMG. Where did they get the skin to graft from? Were you awake? Did it hurt after? Could you eat? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-871956 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:22:22 +0000 Cupcake 871956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do, And I've had a skin graft for the bottom. It's from all the orthodontic work I had when I was younger.</p> <p>Eta: you should brushing in a circular manor ( if it's your top gums downward, and visa versa. And no I wasn't knocked out for the procedure. Pain wise it was fine, just super uncomfortable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/receding-gums#post-871940 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:18:32 +0000 MamaJ 871940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: is it the gum in front of your tooth? My is behind my tooth from the the bottom of my tongue ring hitting it. So it's my bottom front tooth.. I brush away from the gum so it isn't pushing the gum downwards causing it to recede more. Does that make sense? Haha. So if its your bottom tooth and the gum is receding in the front I would turn the toothbrush upside down and brush toward the top of your mouth. It's hard to explain! And I brush it pretty gently too. </p>