If you have Gum Disease an no dental insurance currently, you may want to look into buying a dental HMO insurance plan. Dental HMO’s are typically a the lower cost insurance plan option, more importantly however, is that they generally do not have waiting periods. This is important when it comes to gum disease as you will want to treat it as soon as possible before it turns into an even larger dental care issue.

If you have gum disease it is important to have dental insurance in place to help you with the cost of dental care. If you are wanting to stay with your current dentist a dental PPO plans would let you do that. However, keep in mind many PPO plans to have waiting periods for major dental care services and treatment of gum disease in most cases fall into major services.
Therefore you need to be ware of the waiting periods the plan has or buy one with no waiting periods. PPO plans without waiting periods tend to be more costly then those that do so get what best make sense to you and your budget

Although most common cause of gingivitis is the accumulation of bacterial plaque between and around the teeth. There are other cause and risk factors listed below:

• Hormones Changes: This may occur during puberty, menopause, the menstrual cycle, and pregnancy. The gingiva might become more sensitive, raising the risk of inflammation.
• Some Diseases: Disease’s like Cancer, diabetes, and HIV are linked to a higher risk of gingivitis.
• Drugs: Oral health may be affected by some medications, especially if saliva flow is reduced. Dilantin, an anticonvulsant, and some anti-angina medications can cause abnormal growth of gum tissue.
  Smoking: Regular smokers more commonly develop gingivitis, compared with non-smokers.
• Age: The risk of gingivitis increases with age.
• Family History: Those whose parent or parents have had gingivitis have a higher risk of developing it too. This is thought to be due to the type of bacteria we acquire during our early life.
  

If you have some of these risk factors make sure to talk them over with your dentist in order to maintain good dental health care.

Gingivitis means inflammation of the gums. It commonly occurs because of film of plaque, or bacteria, that can accumulates on a person teeth. Gingivitis is a non-destructive type of periodontal disease, but untreated gingivitis can progress to periodontitis.

Periodontitis is more serious and can eventually lead to loss of teeth. By having good at home dental care habits ie: brushing and flossing daily and seeing your dentist for preventive dental care services twice a year, you can generally avoid gingivitis issues