Hi everyone. Bleeding gums

[Liz f]

Hi all,
I started vapping in August, aboutt 3 weeks in my gums have been bleeding, went to dentist who said about me stopping smoking caused this and should settle down, which it hasn't was wondering if anyone else has had this problem? I'm sure it's vapping but don't know how to solve it. Please help

 

[Bonskibon]

Hi, wanted to welcome you. Though I have no answers for you, I found this thread. My bleeding gums

 

[Bonskibon]

I just typed that into the search bar. There are more, but wanted to post at least one for you.

 

[Canadian_Vaper]

Up your vitamin C intake is about all the advice I can offer, your body is flushing the toxins out.

 

[Foggy Road]

Scroll down to #11. "Bleeding Gums"

A list of symptoms when quitting tobacco and changing to an ecigarette

 

[Liz f]

I just typed that into the search bar. There are more, but wanted to post at least one for you.

Thanks

 

[Liz f]

Thanks for the reply, funnily enough I have started taking vitamin c since last week, let's hope it works, it's so random when it starts, feel like a vampire after a feed. Lol

 

[suprtrkr]

Lol, I heard that. But yes, hit the vitamins hard, and drink more water. You're probably dehydrated too, most vapers are, at least in the mouth/throat.

 

[LouisLeBeau]

Hi @Liz f ! Welcome to ECF lovely lady!! Glad to have you here, check the forum menu, there is a contest running to win new gear. Just won a kit today myself! Woot!

On the gums, my mouth was a SHAMBLES for almost a YEAR after I quit. In large part, it was the PG causing a LOT of sensitivity, canker sores, and irritation. I fixed THAT by switching to 70% VG. Don't be afraid to floss the devil out of em, and brush your gums well also. It actually stimulates them, and promotes the healing even if the initial results are a bit.. unsettling.

Fwiw, Nicotine in and of itself, affects gingival blood flow, and accelerates periodontal bone loss. But nicotine from cigarettes is far worse, as the sticky tar makes it far more difficult to remove. Did your dentist check your pocketing? If your pocketing is greater than 4mm, you might want to consider a planar scaling now that you've quit the smokes. It can help the gums to reattach to the teeth and reduce those pockets which can hold the nicotine.

Just some thoughts. Hope it helps, and looking forward to seeing you around the forum!

 

[LouisLeBeau]

Oh, and love the "mod: and flavah in your pic.. I'm often found suckin on one of those myself..

 

[JCinFLA]

I've had the same problem since totally switching to vaping 2 years ago. Dentist said smoking had restricted the blood flow in my gums for 42 years, and now that I'm not smoking...flow is normal, so any "masked" symptoms of gum problems now aren't masked. I've always brushed & flossed though, and haven't had any history of teeth nor gum problems for years, so I was confused. He also said if someone has quite a few crowns or caps, which I do, sometimes the gums at their edges are more prone to bleeding during brushing & flossing. Drinking/sipping on Coke throughout the day for years was what required the caps/crowns because of enamel wear and erosion.

He recommended getting an Oral B electric toothbrush with those rotating, vibrating head bristles & flossing even more frequently (after every meal). That's definitely been helping with the bleeding during those activities. However, in about the last 4-5 months, sometimes I've noticed a tiny bit of bleeding at the edge of 2 of my crowns first thing in the AM as soon as I wake up, before even any brushing or flossing. I've found that using a mouthwash first thing in the AM has stopped that.

 

[djsvapour]

Interesting.

Oddly enough, I had a meeting about this exact 'condition' yesterday with a dentist (not for me, for a blog, for somebody else).

As @LouisLeBeau says, Nicotine itself is partly responsible in this situation, so vaping is not 100% unrelated, but smoking is far worse.

 

[classwife]

Scroll down to #11. "Bleeding Gums"

A list of symptoms when quitting tobacco and changing to an ecigarette

Thank you for linking that @Foggy Road

Moved this to Health, Safety and Vaping

 

[Toronnah]

 

[Hyperspace]

You need to detox your mouth with a oral detoxification procedure that is simply done by swishing a tablespoon of oil (typically coconut oil, olive or sesame oil) in your mouth for 10-20 minutes. It literally sucks the toxins out of your mouth. Do this everyday until the bleeding stops.

 

[sofarsogood]

Hi all,
I started vapping in August, aboutt 3 weeks in my gums have been bleeding, went to dentist who said about me stopping smoking caused this and should settle down, which it hasn't was wondering if anyone else has had this problem? I'm sure it's vapping but don't know how to solve it. Please help

Of course I can't say the cuase of your issue but here is another possibility. Vaping was causing me a bit of mouth irritation long after I stopped smoking. I got DIY supplies and cut the flavor of the commercial mix I was using 3 parts to one part. That helped. It still tasted good. Then I found a single DIY flavoring I liked that is good at just 1%. That helped too. Any of the ingrediants could be an irritation. Everybody reacts differently. One of the good reasons to do DIY is you can fine tune the liquid. While I'm getting good enough flavor some 1% flavoring the people around me at work say they don't smell the flavor and if some gets onto my clothing from handling or pocket carry my clothing doesn't reek for the rest of the day. There are a lot of good reasons to make your own.

 

[ChiDi621]

Hi all,
I started vapping in August, aboutt 3 weeks in my gums have been bleeding, went to dentist who said about me stopping smoking caused this and should settle down, which it hasn't was wondering if anyone else has had this problem? I'm sure it's vapping but don't know how to solve it. Please help

I was wondering the same thing myself - I quit cigarettes when I switched to vaping in July. The bleeding gums started a couple weeks later and still hasn't stopped! I found ecf when looking for answers. I've read on here that some people have gotten relief from Eludril mouthwash (not available in the US but I ordered some online) as well as CloSYS mouthwash (I'm going to get that too here at CVS). I've been trying to increase the water intake to stay hydrated and will add some biotene since I'm pretty sure I'm a mouth breather when I sleep at night since I often find bloody drool on my pillow in the morning.

What I'd really like to know is what others have experienced. I know it's different for everyone, but how long can the bleeding and swollen gums be expected to last?

 

[JCinFLA]

I wrote about my bleeding gums above, which began about 6 months after quitting the smokes & switching to vaping only. Went back & looked at my calendar I'd noted it on, and it was exactly June 7 of 2014 when it started. My gums never have been swollen or sore though, which confused my dentist and I both! Also, it's only been my upper gums where the bleeding problem has been. I'm sure having the number of upper caps/crowns I have does have something to do with it for sure, because I have none on my lower teeth, and there's been NO bleeding of those gums at all, ever. So my bleeding of my upper gums has been on-going for a long time. It's only been in the last 2 weeks that I've had no bleeding.

 

[ChiDi621]

Thanks @JCinFLA - I was worried that it should have stopped by now.

 

[JCinFLA]

You still may want to have your dentist give you his/her opinion though, just to be sure there's nothing serious going on.