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14. Bleeding Gums Are Never Normal, Here's Why with Jennifer Seider, RDH
If a patient tells you they floss every day and their gums still bleed, you already know something else is going on. This episode is for the practitioner who is tired of the "brush more, floss more" conversation not actually solving anything.Tosha sits down with Jennifer Seider, RDH, a dental hygienist with nearly 30 years of experience in bacterial testing, to talk about what bleeding gums are actually telling us. Spoiler, it is never nothing.Jennifer breaks down the difference between the 500 to 700 types of bacteria that live in the mouth and the 11 specific pathogens that cause…
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