 Have you been told you have gingivitis and or gum disease? They both mean the same thing. Have you been told you have gingivitis and you really need to turn things around or you might lose your teeth? I'm going to tell you how you can really turn that around how you can reverse gingivitis at home by simple brushing techniques using the right toothbrush and I'm also going to mention ways to clean in between the teeth that does not involve Flossing but that work just as well things you might not have heard before So my name is Andrea and I've been a dental professional since oh my goodness since 2005 since I was 19 So I've been in the dental industry for that long I currently have my own mobile dental hygiene business where I see patients every day I actually travel mobile to their home. So that's what I do and I love giving advice So if you've been told you have gingivitis in a nutshell that means you have gum disease Your gums could be red puffy swollen They could be painful and you will often notice if you're blue Sorry, if you're brushing or you're starting to floss the gums are going to bleed a lot You might have all of these signs or you might have some of them or just a couple But you if you've been told you have gingivitis. Let me talk to you about the best ways to brush So you could either use a manual or an electric toothbrush. That's completely up to you But your brushing technique matters when you are brushing make sure to always use a soft toothbrush because if it's not soft You could be pushing the gums too much and making it worse There's a fine line You do have to brush enough that you're actually Stimulating the gum so it's kind of waking up and getting cleaned But if you brush too hard, you can actually make the gum disease worse So you want to brush that fine line and you want to brush a little bit on the gum and the tooth as well And you want to do it in a circular motion. It's true That's what you want to do because if you're just simply going really really fast done in 30 seconds It's not going to work and when I said to use a manual or an electric brush That's up to you I will always suggest an electric brush first just because that tends to be easier for patients to brush with They're more excited to brush if that makes sense because it's basically doing the hard work for you And it makes it easier to brush for two full minutes because they typically have timers That's another key. You need to brush for two full minutes if you're brushing for 30 seconds You're not getting that plaque off properly so your gum disease won't reverse and heal What gum disease is is it's basically plaque that has been sitting there too long and it's now starting to go underneath the gums Making the gums swollen and inflamed your body's telling you oh Something's wrong when the gums are red swollen inflamed and they start to bleed when gums bleed You know something's wrong, but you can reverse Gingerbitis before you lose the teeth you can no matter what any dental professional tells you I find a lot of dental professionals try to scare you, but I'm here to tell you there is hope now I also want you guys to start to use the water flosser either if you're able to floss every day with the string floss or those Floss picks perfect, but if you just can't get into that use the water flosser I will leave a link for you down below. Definitely check it out. I love water flossers. You can find them for $50 or 300 I Personally have one for $50. I believe it was on sale and it's perfect. I love the cordless water flossers use that every day It literally takes 10 seconds not two minutes. It takes 10 seconds There's a high pressure water that's on a tip that you would aim in between the teeth I do have more videos on my YouTube channel if you want to see exactly how to you how to use one or just do a Search online how to use a water flosser tons of videos will pop up It takes 10 seconds I personally use mine after I eat every time if I'm home But at least use it once a day if you want to also incorporate a mouthwash Perfect, why not? But the things about a mouthwash is it is only active and helps to kill or inhibit the bacteria for 30 minutes So it's not as amazing as commercials make it out to be but it can't hurt If you like mouthwash use mouthwash if you want to brush use the water flosser and mouthwash That's perfect. You can reverse gingivitis at home now another point to remember is you won't notice your gums healing Immediately, it's going to take a couple weeks If not more of doing the brushing the flossing the mouthwash every single day Twice a day brush twice a day You can floss and use the mouthwash once a day, but make sure to brush twice a day doing those things Consistently for two weeks you will notice a difference and might take longer though depending on how advanced your gum disease is Does that make sense? Feel free to comment below if you guys have any questions But in a nutshell you can reverse gingivitis at home You don't have to lose the teeth if your gingivitis gets worse That's called something else. That is called periodontal disease That's a more advanced form of gum disease. That is where you start to lose the bone support That's holding your tooth in Gum disease otherwise known as gingivitis is the gum around the tooth But I do explain periodontal disease more in another one of my videos Feel free to do a search if you are interested in that or comment below and I can give you the link for it Thank you guys for watching click like if you liked this video so we can reach more people I will talk to you guys soon. Let me know of any questions. Bye for now