Gum Disease & Tooth Loss: How a Periodontist Helps

Smiling woman with healthy teeth holding pampas grass near Houston dental office.

Most people assume they’ll lose teeth the way their grandparents did — cavities, an extraction here and there, maybe dentures eventually. What actually causes most adult tooth loss isn’t decay at all. It’s gum disease, and it does its damage so gradually that by the time a tooth feels loose, the disease has usually been […]