How to treat marginal gingiva

Marginal gingivitis has a great impact and causes great pain to patients. It is often caused by local factors, such as common plaque, tartar, food impaction and poor restorations. These diseases are mainly confined to the edge of the gums and do not involve the periodontal tissue. However, we all know that these oral diseases can cause many adverse effects if we do not pay attention to active treatment.

1. Marginal gingivitis

Marginal gingivitis is also known as gingivitis.

The lesions are mainly limited to the edges of the gums and the gingival papillae, without affecting the deep periodontal tissues. It is mainly caused by local irritants, such as plaque, tartar, food impaction and poor restorations.

Chronic gingivitis, also known as marginal gingivitis or simple gingivitis, is the most common disease among plaque-related gingivitis. Gingival inflammation is mainly located in the free gingiva and gingival papilla. The prevalence of chronic gingivitis is high and it affects a wide range of people, from all regions of the world, of all races, and of all ages.

2. Causes

The long-term accumulation of dental plaque and its harmful substances at the neck of the teeth is the primary cause of gingivitis, while other factors such as tartar, food impaction, poor restorations, mouth breathing, etc. aggravate the accumulation of plaque and gingival inflammation.

3. Treatment Methods

The main thing is to remove local irritants, such as using a specialist supragingival scaler to clean plaque and tartar. Eliminate food impaction, remove poor repair materials, etc.; when inflammation is severe, local drug treatment can be used, such as flushing the gingival sulcus with 1-3% hydrogen peroxide solution, applying 10% iodine mixture or 2% iodine glycerin after drying, gargling with 0.05-0.2% chlorhexidine solution or compound borax mouthwash, 0.3% zinc chloride solution, etc. After treatment, you need to pay attention to maintaining oral hygiene. Teach patients the correct way to brush their teeth, insist on brushing their teeth in the morning and evening, rinsing their mouths after meals, and keeping their mouths clean to consolidate the therapeutic effect.

4. Prevention Methods

1. Ask your dentist to teach you how to control plaque.

2. Use cleaning technique to thoroughly remove plaque, tartar and all adverse stimuli.

3. See your dentist regularly, preferably once a year, to eliminate local irritants in a timely manner.

4. The prognosis of simple gingivitis is mostly benign.