Nearly 40% of adults develop gum disease that can lead to tooth loss. Learn the warning signs to catch this common condition ...

Sensitivity, bad breath, or bleeding gums? Your mouth is trying to warn you. Learn what these signs mean and how to protect ...

The body reacts to this with inflammation. Initially, this process only affects the gums. The first signs of gingivitis are swelling, redness and bleeding gums, for example when brushing your teeth or ...

At this stage inflamed gums pull away from your teeth, and infected pockets can form. The infection eventually destroys soft tissue and bone, and can loosen teeth. To avoid tooth loss, you may ...

Over time, your gums might start to pull away from your teeth, creating little pockets. Tiny pieces of food can get stuck in them, causing infection. This can cause the teeth to loosen or the ...

You may not need to remove your wisdom teeth if they're healthy and fully erupted. Infection, crowding, and other ...

cleaning out the bacteria and changing the shape of the gum pockets. Occasionally, in specific situations, bone defects can be filled with graft material (either synthetic bone or sometimes bovine ...

A gum boil is a type of periodontal disease that involves the formation of an abscess on the gums. It causes pain and swelling. If left untreated, it can spread to the teeth and surrounding tissues.

Periodontitis causes the gums to pull away from the teeth leaving pockets where bacteria can grow. How to treat it: This condition is typically treated with a deep cleaning to remove the disease ...

"When you think about it, what is poor gum health, poor dental health? It's really a bacterial infection," explained Dr. Celine Gounder, CBS News medical contributor. "When you have chronic ...