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Since getting my teeth cleaned I've been trying to keep very good oral health. I've pretty much stopped eating but still brush 4-6 times per day, and floss at least once per day (which is part of the reason why I stopped eating - no food means not having to floss as often).
The gums under my front bottom teeth feel like they have little cuts or sores. I tried looking in a mirror and can't see anything. It's sore on the part of the gum that my tongue would rest on. This is also beginning to happen on my gum on the right side between bottom molar #2 & #3. That one also feels a little inflamed or swollen.
I'm confused and don't know what to do. This is scaring me. It's making it difficult to brush or floss, let alone do it properly. I'm afraid that it's never going to heal, or get worse, and that as a result my teeth are going to become covered in plaque by my next dentist appointment.
Could it be the toothpaste? I was using Crest Pro Health but would switch it with my kids toothpaste (some other type of Crest for kids). Yesterday I bought a generic Sensodyne with whitening type of toothpaste to see if that would help. So far it still seems like the soreness is getting worse instead of better.
Is there anything I can do to make it go away? I won't even mention the toothache that the one tooth with the inflamed gum has been having. It's been sending pain up into my ear that feels like an ear infection.
The gums under my front bottom teeth feel like they have little cuts or sores. I tried looking in a mirror and can't see anything. It's sore on the part of the gum that my tongue would rest on. This is also beginning to happen on my gum on the right side between bottom molar #2 & #3. That one also feels a little inflamed or swollen.
I'm confused and don't know what to do. This is scaring me. It's making it difficult to brush or floss, let alone do it properly. I'm afraid that it's never going to heal, or get worse, and that as a result my teeth are going to become covered in plaque by my next dentist appointment.
Could it be the toothpaste? I was using Crest Pro Health but would switch it with my kids toothpaste (some other type of Crest for kids). Yesterday I bought a generic Sensodyne with whitening type of toothpaste to see if that would help. So far it still seems like the soreness is getting worse instead of better.
Is there anything I can do to make it go away? I won't even mention the toothache that the one tooth with the inflamed gum has been having. It's been sending pain up into my ear that feels like an ear infection.