Bleeding gums are not normal
If your sink turns pink when you brush, your gums are telling you something worth listening to.
Healthy gums do not bleed when brushed. Bleeding indicates inflammation, usually from plaque and calculus below the gumline.
Caught early, this reverses with a professional clean and better technique. Left alone for years, it becomes periodontitis and bone loss — the leading reason adults lose teeth.
A pocket charting appointment takes twenty minutes and tells us exactly where you stand.