An honest account of the associations between periodontal disease and general health: where the evidence is strong, where it is weaker, and what to do with it.
Why treatment is only half the job, what happens at a maintenance appointment, why the interval is shorter, and what happens to patients who stop attending.
Why two people with the same plaque have different outcomes. The risk factors that genuinely change the odds, which are modifiable, and what to do about each.
Why gums recede, what exposed root surface means for sensitivity and decay, how to stop it progressing, and what treatment can realistically restore.
What deep cleaning actually is, how it differs from a routine polish, what the appointments and recovery are like, and how the result is measured.
What happens when gum inflammation reaches the bone, why it is painless, what treatment realistically achieves, and why it is controlled rather than cured.
The one stage of gum disease that fully reverses. What it looks like, the two-week routine that resolves it, and how to tell whether it has worked.
The two stages of gum disease, the crucial difference between them, why it progresses without pain, and what the numbers your dentist calls out mean.
Bleeding when you brush is the earliest sign of gum inflammation, and it is reversible. What to do, how long it should take, and when it means something more.