Why are my gums receding – one may ask? Let’s learn more about receding gums, and we will be able to answer this question.

Receding gum line is a condition that is believed to affect around 50% of adults all over the world. This condition is known to be tightly connected to improper oral hygiene. However, it’s interesting to note that not only lack of brushing and flossing, but also overdoing these techniques, may lead to the same consequences – the gums may start to recede. If you are an adult who is experiencing this condition, there may not be much that can be done to reverse it. Proper dental care will help you to slow down the further progression of this process, and veneers can help your teeth to start looking better. However, what you can and should do is teach younger people in your family (younger siblings, children, and so on) about the proper oral care to help them to avoid such problems in their adult years.

Proper dental care consists of the following aspects:

- Brushing your teeth with a soft toothbrush twice a day (before going to sleep and after breakfast). You need to brush your teeth in circular motions, and to avoid harshly brushing your teeth from bottom to top. It’s important to replace an old brush with a new soft brush every 3 months (recommendation of the ADA – the American Dental Association).

- Flossing your teeth at bedtime and after breakfast. The proper flossing technique is to gently guide the floss between your teeth, and slide it around each side of the tooth and around the gum line. You need to be especially careful when you floss around the gum line – make sure that you do not press too hard, and that there are no unpleasant sensations while you floss.

- Rinsing your mouth after every meal. It might be too detrimental to the enamel of your teeth and to your gums to brush and floss after every meal. However, it’s a good idea to rinse your mouth after every meal. Regular commercial mouthwashes are very effective, but they also are expensive and tend to have a strong unpleasant taste. There are two good options of a homemade mouth rinse with a neutral taste to choose from: mouthwash with salt (1 teaspoon of salt per 1 glass of water) and mouthwash with sage leaves (2-3 sage leaves per 1 glass of water). To make the first rinse, simply add the salt into water and mix it. To make the second rinse, place the sage leaves into boiling water, let them stand for a couple of minutes, and then strain. Sage herb is an astringent (contracts body tissues), which is particularly good for improving receding gum disorders. You can use the mouth rinse of your choice to rinse your mouth 2-3 times per day.

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