Hi Smitty,
I am in the dental field and can offer you some information here. I do have a few questions if you feel comfortable answering them.
How long had it been since your last dental examination?
How long have you been taking fish oil?
What are taking for your allergies?
Were you a cigarette smoker at any time?
When a dentist recommends a patient to a periodontist for a full mouth treatment, this indicates that there is a general gum problem going on and not one that is limited to just one area. You said at least one tooth has some pocketing and something about needing bone grafts .... could there be more than just that one tooth that is invovled?
Have you been told in the past that you had periodontal problems or did you have periodontal treatment years ago?
Are you missing teeth or do you wear a partial denture?
Generally fish oil supplements do not cause any bleeding of the gums in healthy people who have healthy gums. If a person has a health condition, takes certain medications or has periodontal disease and they are prone to some gum bleeding when they brush or floss, the fish oil can increase the volume of blood because it is a natural blood thinner.
Bleeding gums are never normal or something that should be ignored. If it is due to bacteria and a build up of tartar, then treatment to remove to remove the bacteria and new oral hygiene techniques need to be implemented. If it is due to prescription or over the counter medications then your physician needs to make adjustments in an effort to reduce the bleeding.
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by Smitty500
I went to the dentist Friday and was told I need to see a periodontics for a full mouth periodontal treatment. He told me I need a bone graft. There is at least one tooth that has a pocket under it and my gums bleed. But, my doctor has me on fish oil pills and I had noticed my gums had started bleeding easily lately. I can not take the normal dosage of any medications without getting overdosed. After I got home, I got to thinking about what was different since the last examination and I remembered my doctor had doubled the amount of fish oil I take. This made me suspicious that maybe I was getting too much so I look online for the overdose symptoms of fish oil and I found that too much can cause bleeding of the gums. I also have allergies and have been having to take over the counter allergy medications more lately. I am in my 60's and I have a limited income so I don't need to spend a lot of money if I can help it. I thought that at my age, I would just take a chance and cut back on my fish oil. If worse comes to worst, then if I had too, I could always get dentures. I hate the thoughts of spending the money on bone grafts and then losing the teeth anyway. Is this a bad decision. What would you do if you were in my shoes including my age, etc.?
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