What other disease would affect such a large number of people but get such little acknowledgement? It’s something that we all seem comfortable with ignoring, yet some of the facts and statistics around gum disease are really quite staggering.

90% of us are estimated to suffer from gum disease at some point in our lives.

It’s gum disease, not tooth decay, that is the largest single cause of tooth loss.

Once our gums recede they don’t grow back.

79% of over 35's suffer from gum disease.

And more than half of all teenagers have some form of gum disease.

Around 50% of all pregnant women suffer from pregnancy gingivitis due to changing hormone levels, which make their gums susceptible to plaque attack.