Gum disease can damage your jaw bone. In mild cases the gums are always puffed up and bleed after brushing.

As the disease takes hold, the root bones starts to erode.

Bone loss is not uncommon as people grow older. But it is the reason for subsequent teeth loss.

Before, people used to routinely lose their teeth by the time they were 50 or 60. Which is the reason your grandfather would put on a denture.

But hopefully you have no need to end up like that. Although I must confess, the quality of our denture today is loads better because of our ability to anchor it by performing dental implants - but that story is for another time.

What we commonly do is treatment for your gums where you don't need an operation, which is what was done in previous years. Gum therapy helps us clear out deposits that have accumulated in the gum pockets. There's not a lot you can do even with a toothbrush to get at these deposits. You have bacteria that penetrate these pockets. From the bacteria come waste products that corrode the bone.

We are able to assist with Northampton gum disease treatment to prevent more bone erosion and heal you of your gum infection.

I also wish to tell you about how dental implants can help to maintain your original teeth even if you don't have some teeth or you need work on crowns.

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