{"id":2291,"date":"2017-09-25T15:46:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestdentalteam.com\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:12:28","slug":"gum-disease-embarrassing-gums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestdentalteam.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/25\/gum-disease-embarrassing-gums\/","title":{"rendered":"Gum Disease | Are Your Gums Embarrassing You?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Your oral hygiene and health go hand in hand with being an overall healthy person. Unfortunately, what most people fail to realize is that oral hygiene is much more than just keeping your teeth clean. While brushing your teeth is important, it is also important to floss and brush your gums and tongue. If you are not doing all of the aforementioned, you are giving germs and bacteria an opportunity to wreak havoc in your mouth.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Why is flossing and taking care of your gums so critical? For starters, if you do not take care of your gums, you will develop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestdentalteam.com\/gum-disease-treatment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gum disease.<\/a> Gum disease is linked to the following health conditions:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Bad breath<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Type 2 Diabetes <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Cancer<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Loss of tooth and jawbone<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Hypertension <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition to the above, gum disease has been linked to many other, less serious, diseases. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Keeping gum disease and these other health problems at the top of your mind, is it critical to care for your entire mouth, not just your teeth. If you are just doing your teeth, you are cheating your oral health.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If you haven\u2019t been showing your gums love, now is a good time to start. However, you may&nbsp;require a deep cleaning to get your gums back on track. If you think you need to receive a deep cleaning, feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestdentalteam.com\/request-an-appointment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact Dr. Faist<\/a> today at his office in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Jerome+L.+Faist,+DDS\/@41.45963,-81.4908937,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x883102c6a521bc05:0x63bff4661bb1e9ab!8m2!3d41.45963!4d-81.488705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beachwood.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your oral hygiene and health go hand in hand with being an overall healthy person. Unfortunately, what most people fail to realize is that oral hygiene is much more than just keeping your teeth clean. While brushing your teeth is important, it is also important to floss and brush your gums and tongue. If you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,38,5,40],"tags":[106,3,107,120,39,111,80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestdentalteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestdentalteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestdentalteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestdentalteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestdentalteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestdentalteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3398,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestdentalteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291\/revisions\/3398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestdentalteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestdentalteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestdentalteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestdentalteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}