My teeth are pretty healthy, but I’ve always had problems with my gums. As far as I can tell, it is from me brushing my teeth too hard. I try to do it gently now, but if I don’t focus I go back to my old habit.

I hadn’t thought about the diet aspect. We’ve pretty much cut out breads, pasta and rice from our diet. I haven’t noticed much difference in my gums, but I’ll check next time I’m at the dentist to see if he has noticed. What we have noticed is that we did not get a single cold or flu this past winter, in spite of the fact we have to 5 year olds running around our house weekly. That is such a drastic change from last year when one or the other of us had a cold almost the entire winter that we are curious as to whether our diet played a role. If we go through a second winter sans cold/flu, then that will convince me that diet did play into it.