I wonder if any dentists can advise me (or anyone who's had a similar problem). I have a deep periodontal pocket (10mm) at the front near the canine tooth. It's always infected. I know this because if I press the gum lots of pus comes out. However most of the time it doesn't bother me at all. I'm not aware of it. There's a slight lump in the gum but it usually doesn't hurt.
Every now and then - maybe twice a year it really flares up and becomes very infected. I get a huge lump, throbbing pain, can't eat or sleep well etc. The treatment is to deep clean and scale it, sometimes I take antibiotics. Then it calms down again for another few months until the next time.. . I've googled treatment and I feel my dentist is doing all he can. I go every 3 months to deep clean the area. He gives me lots of advice about keeping the area clean which I follow religiously (using interdental brushes, floss, corsodyl mouthwash, saline mouthwash).
I always eat on the other side of my mouth. As soon as I've eaten anything I go to the bathroom and clean all around the gum so no food gets stuck there. I even do this at work! I've googled it many times and it seems both my dentist and I are doing all we can. It's been flaring up non-stop for the last month making my life miserable. I hate having this permanent infection and I know it can lead to heart disease, inflammation and cancers (I've already had cancer and wonder if it's related to this).
Just wondered if anyone one else can think of anything which might help. Is there any way to seal up the pocket or some type of gel I could put on the gum to stop it being infected? Thanks!