Gangnam-gu Dental Clinic: Gum Disease Is Not Just a Problem with Your Teeth. It Is Connected to Your Overall Health

Gum disease at a Gangnam-gu dental clinic

is not just a problem with your teeth.

It is connected to your overall health.

Hello.

I am Oh Tae-hoon, director of 디데이치과,

where our goal is to provide pain-free treatment.

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Have you ever brushed your teeth in the morning,

spit out the foam, and noticed

a faint pink tint

in the sink?

After rinsing, everything seems normal,

and nothing in particular hurts.

“I must have brushed a little too hard yesterday.”

This is how most people dismiss it.

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Since it does not hurt, you forget about it after a day.

But what makes gum disease truly frightening

is that it does not end

with sensitive or loose teeth.

The fact that a problem that began in the gums

can affect even the heart and blood sugar

is often realized only

when the teeth begin to loosen.

If you focus for just five minutes,

you will have a standard for determining

which signs from your gums can be watched for a while

and which ones should not be ignored.

​ ​ 1. Why can bleeding gums be connected to the heart? ​ ​ 2. There are stages that scaling can treat and stages that it cannot ​ ​ 3. Gangnam-gu dental clinic: The first day of gum treatment is the most important ​ ​

1. Why can bleeding gums be connected to the heart?

Bleeding means there is an injury to the gums,

and an injury means that bacteria

can enter through that area.

The blood vessels inside the gums are like

entrances to roads that extend throughout the body.

Bacteria and inflammatory substances

that enter through those openings

do not remain only in the mouth.

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In fact, reports indicate that patients with severe gum disease

have approximately 20–30% higher rates

of cardiovascular diseases

such as myocardial infarction and atherosclerosis.

It also has a mutually reinforcing relationship with diabetes.

Gum inflammation interferes with blood sugar control,

and high blood sugar lowers the body's defenses,

which can accelerate gum destruction.

Therefore, bleeding from the gums

should not be viewed merely as

“a problem with your brushing habits.”

It should be understood as a sign

that there is a problem at the body's entrance.

So at what stage should you take action?

2. There are stages that scaling can treat,

and stages that it cannot

If the inflammation is still in its early stages

and remains only on the surface of the gums,

you may be able to return to a healthy condition

through scaling and proper care alone.

The problem begins after the inflammation moves below the gums

and reaches the bone that supports the teeth.

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From this stage onward, scaling alone is not enough.

Treatment that directly addresses the inflammation

deep inside the gums becomes necessary.

If even that is postponed, the bone can deteriorate,

causing teeth that appear healthy to loosen

and eventually reach the point where they must be extracted.

This is the point I find especially unfortunate.

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No artificial restoration can ever be exactly the same

as a natural tooth.

Because the difficulty of treating gum disease

differs so greatly between the early and advanced stages,

knowing which stage you are in

is essentially the key to treatment.

Even so, many people postpone their examination.

When I ask why,

I usually hear the same answer.

“ I heard gum treatment is very painful.”

3. Gangnam-gu dental clinic: The first day

of gum treatment is the most important

Because I understand that concern,

I follow a specific sequence

when providing gum treatment.

Whenever possible, I complete on the first day

all procedures that could cause pain

before sending patients home.

That way, from the second visit onward,

treatment can continue

without pain.

The same applies to anesthesia.

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When anesthetic is injected slowly,

the gums gradually adjust,

and many patients say the process passes

without even realizing they are being anesthetized.

If a procedure is expected to cause significant pain,

I always explain it in advance.

There is one thing I have confirmed

after meeting approximately 10,000 patients.

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What makes people put off going to the dentist

is not the disease itself,

but their memory of pain.

That is why our goal is always the same:

a dental clinic where you leave feeling free of pain.

Gum disease begins in the mouth,

but it does not end there.

That is the one sentence I wanted to share with you today.

If you see that faint pink tint in the sink again tomorrow morning,

I hope you will not dismiss it this time

by thinking, “Did I brush too hard?”

That faint pink tint is one of the easiest signs

to notice among the signals your body sends.

The saying that you only realize the value of your teeth

after losing them is a regret we hear every day

in the treatment room.

I hope that regret can be reduced,

even if only a little.

Treatment without pain, and treatment you can understand and accept.

That is the principle 디데이치과 follows.

Sincerely,

Oh Tae-hoon, Director of 디데이치과

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