my friend has stopped smoking, after 3 weeks her gums started 2 bleed, is this normal?
2007-02-04 23:22:32 · 9 answers · asked by roxy 2 in Health ➔ Dental
The bleeding has nothing to do with the cessation of smoking. I would be inclined to believe that she is taking a more ardent interest in her teeth wanting to whiten and get the stains off that smoking has caused. In doing so, she has probably gotten the tissue irritated by scrubbing too hard. It is nearly impossible to remove the tar and nicotine stains on your own. Instead of causing irreversible damage to her tissue, she should go for a professional cleaning. This will give her a heads up on keeping the stains off and a reason to not go back to smoking. She may also want to consider whitening her teeth, lots of patients do after giving up the habit. The body is healing but that's not noticeable everyday, white teeth gives them a outer appearance to admire and see the benefits of quitting, and a reason not to start back. Talk to her and see if this is the case and also advise her to use a soft tooth brush and non abrasive toothpaste. Encourage her to go to her dentist to have her teeth cleaned, it's a much easier, faster and safer way of getting the stains off, she won't regret it. She's lucky to have a concerned friend, such as yourself, willing to help her through the difficult endeavor to stop smoking. Hope I've been of some help, good luck to you both.
2007-02-05 00:54:29 · answer #1 · answered by HeatherS 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, stopping smoking doesn't make your gums bleed. She may have a gum disease. She can go to the drug store and buy hydrogen peroxide topical solution, mix about 1oz of the peroxide to 1oz of water equal parts. Swish the solution around between the teeth for a couple of minutes about two times or so a day. This will make the problem better. Tell your friend not to swallow any of. What is does is kill the bacteria and brings oxygen to the gums and it should help them heal. Tell your friend to brush teeth first and then use the solution, do not eat or drink for about 20 minutes after using. Your friend should also follow up with the dentist to make sure there isn't an even more serious problem.
2007-02-04 23:43:00 · answer #2 · answered by Cindy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-01-29 19:46:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congratulations to him/her. The gum bleeding is probably unconnected so rinse with salt water or a mouthwash and make arrangement to see a hygienist
2007-02-04 23:28:49 · answer #4 · answered by Davy B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light up again, if the problem disappears then you know it was caused by giving up smoking.
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Just interesting how they found severe receding gums in 23% of non-smokers and only 7% in smokers! Interesting, huh?
2007-02-05 01:14:07 · answer #5 · answered by Luvfactory 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OH. My. God.
Now I really don't want to stop smoking!
;-)
Hey, but maybe the bleeding is unrelated to the fact she stopped smoking.
2007-02-04 23:27:01 · answer #6 · answered by M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
commonly gum bleeding associated with chr gingivitis.tour friend might have this
2007-02-05 02:47:55 · answer #7 · answered by anis118030 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no link between both smoking and gingival bleeding
2007-02-05 01:25:17 · answer #8 · answered by max h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mention it to a "liberal" "sin" tax collector, or a agent of the pharmaceutical industry so they can blame smoking for that too.
2007-02-04 23:32:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋