{"id":597,"date":"2013-10-23T10:45:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T10:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/periocenter.gr\/periodontics\/symptoms.html"},"modified":"2015-03-17T19:46:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T19:46:45","slug":"symptoms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/periocenter.gr\/en\/periodontics\/symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs and Symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the early stages, periodontitis has very few symptoms; and in many individuals the disease has progressed significantly before they seek treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Redness or bleeding of gums while brushing teeth, using dental floss or biting into hard food (e.g. apples) (though this may occur even in gingivitis, where there is no attachment loss)<\/li>\n<li>Gum swelling that recurs<\/li>\n<li>Spitting out blood after brushing teeth<\/li>\n<li>Halitosis, or bad breath, and a persistent metallic taste in the mouth<\/li>\n<li>Gingival recession, resulting in apparent lengthening of teeth. (This may also be caused by heavy-handed brushing or with a stiff tooth brush.)<\/li>\n<li>Deep pockets between the teeth and the gums (pockets are sites where the attachment has been gradually destroyed by collagen-destroying enzymes, known as collagenases)<\/li>\n<li>Loose teeth, in the later stages (though this may occur for other reasons, as well)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nPatients should realize gingival inflammation and bone destruction are largely painless. Hence, people may wrongly assume painless bleeding after teeth cleaning is insignificant, although this may be a symptom of progressing periodontitis in that patient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early stages, periodontitis has very few symptoms; and in many individuals the disease has progressed significantly before they seek treatment. Symptoms may include: Redness or bleeding of gums while brushing teeth, using dental floss or biting into hard food (e.g. apples) (though this may occur even in gingivitis, where there is no attachment loss) Gum swelling that recurs Spitting out blood after brushing teeth Halitosis, or bad breath, and a persistent metallic taste in the mouth Gingival recession, resulting in apparent lengthening of teeth. (This may also be caused by heavy-handed brushing or with a stiff tooth brush.) Deep pockets between the teeth and the gums (pockets are sites where the attachment has been gradually destroyed by collagen-destroying enzymes, known as collagenases) Loose teeth, in the later stages (though this may occur for other reasons, as well) &nbsp; Patients should realize gingival inflammation and bone destruction are largely painless. Hence, people may wrongly assume painless bleeding after teeth cleaning is insignificant, although this may be a symptom of progressing periodontitis in that patient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":589,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-597","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>signs and symptoms of periodontitis| Dr. George Tasoulis D.D.S.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The most common sings and symptoms of the periodontal disease are red and swollen gums, bleeding when brushing, loss of gum tissue, mobile teeth.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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