Sunday, December 9, 2012

Gum disease reversal bone regrowth

After my gum disease had receded a while, I noticed unsightly growths around the roots of my teeth.  After a bit of research, I concluded the growths were probably bone regrowth as part of the healing of my gum disease.  Today I made a short video showing the regrowth.
It's not the highest quality video ever made, but hopefully you can make out the regrowth, at least on the upper right teeth.
 

I'm visiting a new dentist tomorrow for the first time in 12 months.  Fingers crossed for only one 5mm deep pocket or better!
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4 comments:

  1. mike1212November 6, 2017 at 12:32 AM

    Hi tom -- did jaw bones regrow just by stopping gum disease? or did you do anything else to stimulate bone regrowth? For example, calcium supplements, collagen, mineral intake etc...

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  2. Thomas Gail HawsNovember 6, 2017 at 8:34 AM

    I did nothing "special". My diet has become progressively more natural and colorful as I have aged. But I don't know when these growths appeared. I will have to ask my dentist about them this week when I go.

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  3. Mike1212November 7, 2017 at 11:46 AM

    Thanks for the quick reply. Did you lose upper jaw bone when you had periodontal pockets of only 7mm? I lost significant jaw bone to to a loose tooth that's infected and missing half a root. The doctor recommends I extract. I'm hoping they will grow back if they can deep clean a loose tooth.

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  4. Thomas Gail HawsNovember 7, 2017 at 2:28 PM

    Mike, I don't know the answer to your question, unfortunately.

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