News: Receding Gum Line

If tartar forms under your gum line, it can become irritated, infecting the gums which leads to gum disease. On a positive note, periodontal disease is not hard to avoid.As the Pennsylvania Dental Association keeps reminding the public ... a more serious condition due to the fact that the tissue holding the teeth to the jaw bone is destroyed, ultimately resulting in possible tooth loss due to exposed tooth roots, as well as increase decay, inflammation, and receding gums. ...

May 2, 2009 --

DEAR DR. GOTT: I occasionally suffer from pain in my jaw that has been diagnosed as tic douloureux or neuralgia of the jaw. Not many doctors...