Children Healthy Care

Chronic gingivitis is common in children. It usually causes the gums to swell, turn red and bleed easily. Gingivitis can be prevented and also treated following a regular routine of brushing, flossing and professional dental care. However, if left untreated, can progress over time into a more serious forms of periodontal disease.

Aggressive periodontitis can affect healthy. Localized aggressive periodontitis in adolescents and young adults and mainly affects the first molars and incisors (the front). It is characterized by severe loss of alveolar bone, and ironically, patients are very little plaque or calculus.

The generalized aggressive periodontitis may begin more or less at puberty and may involve the entire mouth. It is characterized by inflammation of the gums and large accumulations of plaque and tartar. Over time can cause teeth to become loose.

Periodontitis associated with systemic diseases occurs in children and adolescents and adults. Conditions that make children more susceptible to periodontal disease include:

* Type 1 Diabetes
* Down Syndrome
* Papillon-Lefevre syndrome

For example, a study of 263 type 1 diabetics between 11 and 18 years of age, 10% had periodontitis evident.