CAUSES OF GINGIVITIS
The gingivitis is a form of gum disease that precedes pyorrhoea or periodontal disease. In this the gums around your teeth get inflamed, swollen, and bleed. It's important to take gingivitis very seriously and treat it promptly. it leads to an even more serious disease called periodontitis and tooth loss. Symptoms: The symptoms of gingivitis are: • Redness in gums • Swelling of gums • Bleeding from gums either on brushing or eating hard foods or spontaneously • Tenderness in gums • Pain in gums and itching sensation in gums • Bad breath Causes: The common cause of gingivitis is plaque and calculus that forms around your teeth. This happens due to poor oral hygiene. Your gums are attachedwith teeth at a lower point than the gum edges that we see. This forms a minute space is called a sulcus. Food and plaque usually gets trapped in this space and cause a gum infection or gingivitis. Eventually this plaque and calculus extends beyond your gums into the underlying bone tis...
