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Finally attended Liverpool Dental Hospital on Tue 22/12/15. The person I saw had no idea what was causing my problem. He said that he was a dental surgeon and did teeth not gums. Having said that, I got the wrap-around x-ray and he checked my tongue and throat but just couldn't see anything that...

Thanks. Some of these look gruesome, but the message that oral cancer is treatable and curable, if caught in time, is reassuring.

Thanks. A few people have mentioned Oral B electrics. Is it one of the round-headed ones or the long (like a manual) headed ones?

I reckon a Diabetes 2 dentist must know what he's talking about. 'Wonder where I can find one? So brushing hard is out, as advised by an number of contributors. 'Never heard of Oral Lichen Planus. However, I did some browsing and found :- "Avoid spicy, acidic or salty foods if these make your...

Thanks for the link. It is so annoying that this aspect of diabetic problems is not more widely publicised. As I and others have said, I only found out a couple of months ago.

I used to have one, but it was rechargeable. I got a bit fed up with charging it or having it cut out half way through a cycle. It ended up in a drawer. A battery operated one could be worth re-visiting. My problem teeth/gums are also at the back, so hmmm..

The hygenist told me that my manual brushing was pretty good, so I was a bit surprised when the dentist told me to "scrub 'em". Although the hygenist said to continue with manual, the idea of a toothbrush that warns of brushing too hard is interesting. What make is it?

Thanks. What I don't know is what to do if you've actually got gum problems. How do I cure it? How long does it take? Is it a bit of a long haul?

Thanks for that. I think that maybe I should look around.

Except that I'll have to dip floss in the Cordasyl, because the interdents won't fit in the worst affected places. Not even the pink size 0 (0.4mm). Maybe that's why they're worst affected?

I might give this a go, I'm still a bit wary of Cordasyl, especially after fully reading the instructions under the main label. You know, where you suddenly notice there's a little label in a corner that says "Unpeel here" and you find the instructions that they don't want you to find until...

Thanks for that. I got some interdental brushes and will give them a go. Unfortunately, some of my teeth are so close together (a dentist said something about "rotated"?), that only floss will go between them. Even then, some flosses, (eg Cordasyl), are still too thick. I have used the floss...

Sorry. What's bg?

Hi. I am having problems with my painful, tender gums, which affect my sleep. My dentist is one of those, "No Pain, No Gain" types who basically says that I should floss regularly and scrub my teeth/gums hard with a toothbrush and it will go away. I have tried and it hasn't. I have tried...

Thanks. Sounds a bit like me. I didn't have all my teeth out, but I did have a 3 month saga, with toxic wisdom teeth and ineffectiveness of antibiotics. I had to eat on one side of my mouth and reduce my chewing because if I chewed on one side, the teeth on the other side still banged up and...

Thank you for that. The contents of the link are very interesting. It's a bit like the problem of diabetes and gum disease. Nobody seems to tell us type 2's anything about this kind of thing. Ibuprofen is the "pain killer of choice" for dental problems and it is good at conditions where...

Hi. Again, I'm intrigued about how you managed to eat until your lower jaw had healed?

Hi. I'm intrigued about how someone in your position (all teeth removed) managed to eat. How did you do this, until your extractions had healed sufficiently?

The thing that bothers me is what happens when the implant fails? How do they "reverse engineer" the process? Can they just unscrew the titanium screw, or will it have been partially enclosed within the jawbone and have to be drilled or cut out? In either case, what do they do about the hole in...

Oh dear, the Ibuprofen issue is worse than I thought. I went to my GP and asked him. He said that the problem arises if you are diabetic and taking ACE Inhibitors to control blood pressure. In which case case, you shouldn't take Ibuprofen for more than a week otherwise this combination can cause...