Add a water pic to your routine, you might be surprised at the results.
my hygienist asked if i had one, told her no, as they seem (to me) to spray water all over the place.
in fact, the "deep cleaning" she did today, was pretty much a "water pick", and yup....water...water everywhere......(cue Buzz Lightyear here)
then she scraped the teeth, but they were clean that there really wasn't much scraping to do.
my gums were inflamed she said, making the deep cleaning necessary, by the measurement of the spaces in the gums, she took last month
something else she said too was....
that since this cleaning was approved, and i am a diabetic, they will now pay for 4 cleanings a year.......i said.."let's do that"...!!!
good dental hygiene is important to diabetics she said.
old age, heredity, medications, diabetes, can all be contributing factors to what lead up to the inflamed gums.
but to get a water pick.....would (maybe) be a waste, since i will get 4 cleanings a year now.