1.   These byproducts also break some of the bonds that hold gum tissue together.

2.   Carbon dioxide lasers cut away gum tissue.

3.   In severe cases, surgery may be necesssary to remove inflamed gum tissue and reconstruct damaged bone.

4.   Once it develops, it may be treated with surgery and antibiotics, or the periodontist may perform a deep cleaning and scrape the infection from the gum tissue.

5.   The same was done with more fibroblasts, this time from gum tissue, with the same results.

6.   This aggravates and inflames the gum tissue.

7.   Dentists tell us that it can damage gum tissue and be very irritating within the mouth.