牙齦健康總覽：牙齦發炎和疾病
牙齦健康：牙齦發炎和疾病
牙齦疾病或牙周病在英國是很普遍的問題，儘管可以早期治療2，卻仍影響了 83% 的成人1。若能及早發現牙菌斑引起的牙齦發炎，通常能透過每天刷牙、使用牙線、定期洗牙治癒發炎狀況。2不過，若不進行治療，則牙齦炎將會發展成慢性牙周病，而導致牙齦萎縮，嚴重時甚至會造成牙齒脫落。2
參考資料
- Executive summary: Adult Dental Health Survey 2009. Available at: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-dental-health-survey/adult-dental-health-survey-2009-summary-report-and-thematic-series (last accessed July 2018).
- British Society of Periodontology. The Good Practitioner’s Guide to Periodontology. 2016. Available at: https://www.bsperio.org.uk/assets/downloads/good_practitioners_guide_2016.pdf (last accessed July 2018).
- GSK data on file. Usage and Attitudes Study. Parodontax and Sensodyne. March, 2010.
- GSK data on file. Omni Survey Delivery Data. 2013.
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