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NO treatment is necessary for a true confirmed diagnosis of Epstein pearls/gingival cysts. These are harmless overgrowths of the cells that are involved in tooth formation.
These usually disappear without any treatment within 6 months.
Your baby should be assessed to see if the white nodules could be natal teeth that can be present in babies. These only need to be removed if it interferes with breastfeeding.
In terms of giving you any personable advice, I completely agree with Dr Shiming. It’s really hard for us to comment until we’ve done an examination for yourself. However, I thought I’d share with you some common reasons why wisdom teeth are extracted. If any apply to you or anyone else reading, then maybe you should consider to remove them. Pericoronitis. If the wisdom can’t erupt fully, there may be a flap of loose gum which lies over or around the erupted portion of the wisdom tooth. Food and bacteria can get stuck under this flap and cause a localised gum infection.
Thank you for the question. Receding gums are a sign of active gum disease, so if these ' black triangles' have been a recent occurrence, I would say its time to visit the dentist or periodontist to address the problem. Gum disease causes gum recession, exposing more of the tooth root which can lead to prominent gaps between teeth ie 'black triangles', and longer teeth. Teeth sensitivity and shaky teeth can also be a result of gum disease, depending on the severity and extent of the problem. Solutions to receding gums include 1.
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