Can my gum disease be treated?

Q. I have just been told that I have gum disease. I am 21 and admittedlly I abused my teeth during my teenage years. I have had all the plaque removed but at the back of my bottom front teeth, on the gum is what could be described as a hole or a ditch. is there anyway to cure this and will this hole/dithc be recovered ? thanks,
A. the most important thing is to stabilse the gum disease so that you don’t loose any more bone support underneath the gum. Once stable you can look at cosmetic procedures.Rob
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January 18th, 2010 at 08:47 PM
pj Says :

I would like to know how much for the injections to prevent gum loss which the dentist told me i had but not to worry abt. but im 30 years old and i really dont want to go the rest of my life with no teeth my mom and dad has gum disease as well we live in springfield mass so if u know of any doctors that do the inject for a cheap price please let me know thankyou and god bless.

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