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When you have missing teeth due to injury, oral disease or any other reason, you know that life can become more difficult. Doing simple things like eating, talking and even smiling become a chore. You may feel self-conscious and may not want to go out in public. Fortunately, there are ways to overcome this problem. Bridges and dentures are one way to overcome the problem, but they can also present their own challenges such as being able to remove them, which can make it harder to eat and talk.

When it comes to your oral health, nothing has more of an impact on your overall health than gum disease. There are many gum disease treatments available. However, when your gum disease becomes advanced, you will likely need some type of surgical intervention. In order to better understand what surgical interventions you may need to treat your gum disease, get to know your options and how these surgeries are used to help your get rid of and recover from your gum disease.