Can young kids get gum disease, or it is only for adults? At this episode, we are interviewing a Board certified periodontist (gum specialist), Dr. Allen Huang. Dr. Allen will tell you if kids will have gum disease. What should you do if you get gum disease. Will gum disease transmissible to our friends and family like flu? What are the great tips to keep our gums clean and healthy!

About the Guest:

Allen Huang, DMD, MS., founder and CEO of the Significance Dental Specialists, specializes in Periodontists and dental implants. Dr. Huang is a renowned national speaker, teacher, author and business strategist for thousands of doctors and hygienists located in United States. He is also the CEO of international dental implant company, Altosbiotech. Dr. Huang is a champion of private periodontists and implant surgeons, and has a long track record of helping more than twenty thousand patients transform their smiles and enjoy a better quality of life located in United States and 8 countries throughout the world. He writes and edits two newsletters monthly. He is the author of “The Truth about Dental Implants” and “The Ultimate Guide to a Million Dollar Smile”. He is also the coauthor of Amazon’s best-selling book, “Ignite Your Life”, coauthored with Brian Tracy. Dr. Huang is also the director of nationally well-respected Spear Study Club. Dr. Huang has been voted “Top Dentist” and “Top Doctors” by his peers for 15 consecutive years since being in private practice. Dr. Huang has appeared on television and in magazines including ABC’s KTNV Morning Blend, Top Dentist, Top Doctor, My Vegas Magazine, and LV Women Magazine.

Dr. Huang received his dental medicine degree from University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. Following his general dental training, Dr. Huang received a full 3-year scholarship to trained Periodontics and Implant Dentistry at University of Illinois at Chicago.

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About the Hosts:

 Angelina Huang, Founder

Angelia is a nationally top ranked junior golfer at her junior high year. Angelina is also ranked number one academically among seven hundred students at Clark High School, Nevada. Angelina hopes to play college golf and pursue a career in the medical field or dentistry. Her passion is Neuroscience and Statistics. Angelina has been travelling around the country competing against the best junior golfers in the world since age of seven. She is also the Amazon published author, “I Want to Play College Golf”. Since Year 2021, Angelina and Cameron have donated over $17,000 their book proceeds back to the community for the underserved family and patients who are in need of cancer treatment. Aside from daily golf practices and school, she enjoys listening to music and watching chilling crime shows.

Cameron Huang, Founder

Cameron is also a nationally top ranked junior golfer at her sophomore year. Cameron is ranked top 5% academically among eight hundred students at Clark High School, Nevada. Cameron also hopes to play college golf and pursue a career as an orthodontist in the future.  Cameron is the coauthor of “I Want to Play College Golf” with Angelina, and they have donated over $17,000 their book proceeds back to the community for the underserved family and patients who are in need of cancer treatment.  When Cameron isn't on the green or studying, she's enjoying her free time watching K-drama and studying makeup and skincare with her friends.

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Hello, everyone. Welcome back to the dentistry for kids podcast. This is Angelina and Cameron and we are so excited to have you here today. We have a guest speaker Dr. Allen Huang. He is currently a periodontist at significant central specialists in Las Vegas, Nevada. He graduated from new Penn dental medicine school. We are so grateful to have you here. Dr. Huang. How are you feeling today?

I'm feeling great to be on your podcast today. I'm ready to kind of educate everybody, especially young adolescents.

Thank you so much Dr. Hog. We're so grateful that you're happy. So I guess for the first question, what is a periodontist?

A Peridot is basically is a dentist that specializes in treating gum diseases, treating missing teeth, and then treating gum recessions when you're when you're missing tissues.

So why do people need a periodontist?

People need piranhas for several reasons. But I think the main reason is to treat your gum disease where you have excessive amount of bacteria in your mouth. People also meet parents when you have missing teeth where they can come in for to get a teeth replacement with dental implants. So those are the two main reasons why people see piranhas.

Thank you so much for your input. So I guess to prevent these things, why do you think it's important to have good oral health?

It's important to have good oral health for several reasons. But I think the main reasons is ability to keep your teeth for the rest of your life. Just imagine if you started having gum disease if you start to start to lose your bone. And when you start to get gum disease, which would lead to bad breath, bone loss and loosening of your teeth. So I think that's the main reason why it's important to see a periodontist.

So is it possible for kids or teenagers to have gum disease?

Of course. But in general, the start of the periodontist start with what we call inflammation of the gum, that's a term what we call gingivitis. So when you guys hear gingivitis, that's typically when kids have bad oral health in terms of not brushing correctly, which leads to inflammation or redness of the gum and bleeding with a gun.

Oh no, that's horrible. Do you hear that kids? So for the future generation, what are the signs that you have gum disease?

What are the signs is that to creating in terms of the feet trying to get boyfriend girlfriends? Typically, signs are going to be bad breath. second sign is gonna be bleeding gums. Third time you're gonna start to see is that you're gonna get crooked in a way that nobody's gonna be around you.

Do you want to have a good first kiss? Make sure to have good oral health. So what should we do if we do have gum disease?

Well, I think the first sign that if you do think you have gum disease, you need a start to seek professional care in terms of professional cleanings, back home a few things you can consider. One would be start to kind of brush correctly or to brush a little bit more. I think one of the sign that one of the techniques that I can kind of help you improve is to pick up that electric toothbrush where once you hit the start button, it will force you to brush two minutes per run. I think the second thing is that to start to have good habits of flossing, flossing your teeth. I think that's that's the main key in terms of keeping a proper health care.

Yes, brush and floss. So If I have gum disease can I transmit it to another person?

Of course when you do have gum disease gum disease stems from accumulation of bacteria in your mouth. So, of course bacteria is transmissible through different vehicles can be transmissible through straw, through sharing food, sharing utensils, or simply sharing your glass bottle. But last but not the least, you can get it through a simple kiss on the cheek.

That is not yummy. So, what are your tips for keeping your gums clean and healthy? So like

I said, a proper tip for keeping your gums clean and healthy would be first to have a routine checkup with your dentists or Peter Darren's case demonstrate to have cleaning every six months and at home to develop a good habits of brushing your teeth, flossing your teeth and to drink enough water.

Thank you so much Dr. Huang for our your input. You hear that kids do not want to end up with ugly bleeding gums that no boyfriend. Follow all the advice from Dr. Huang right here. He is the best and I will tell you personally, every single patient he has a phenomenon.

So kids around please keep your teeth clean. And please do have a habits of come and see your regular dentist for routine cleanings. And I hope that you never had to visit periodontist in your life.

Thank you. Bye bye. Bye bye.