"Does the 3% H202 stop bleeding gums??"
If you're talking about using it as a mouth wash I can tell you from personal experience - no it doesn't. I used it daily for several years and it didn't do a thing for me - except, it is an excellent mouth wash. My gums started bleeding during the time that I was using it for a mouth wash.
I have the book "Reversing Gum Disease Naturally: A Holistic Home Care Program" and the very first thing the author tells you to do is to floss daily. They will bleed more for a while, but might stop after a couple of weeks. I didn't try it long enough for it to work for me because I went to the dentist first. If you don't floss daily you're setting yourself up for heart disease. Sounds weird but the same bacteria that are between the teeth and cause plaque build up are the same critters that get into your blood stream and cause plaque build up on your artery walls.
I finally broke down and paid my dentist a visit (for the first time in several years) and found that my plaque build up was below my gum line and that is what caused the bleeding. The solution was a deep clean, painful - they numb you up with Novocain, but well worth it. My gums bled during the cleaning but I had no more bleeding within two to three days after the procedure - and I now floss daily.
My suggestion is to see a dentist and find out what's going on.
I did loads of oil pulling consistently at least twice a day - for well over a month, and it did nothing for my bleeding gums. I still do oil pulling and get a great benefit in terms of the cleansing feeling I get. Yet if you have plaque below your gum line they only thing that will get it out is a dentist - oil pulling didn't even get at my plaque above the gum line. As much as I'm in favor of oil pulling, it also doesn't get the plaque build up between the teeth - to get to that requires flossing.
If you continue to allow the plaque to remain below your gum line you get not only bleeding gums but receding gums along with teeth dropping out. It's a serious concern.
I floss with the standard over-the-counter dental floss.
Should have mentioned earlier that if you are using anything but a soft toothbrush (hard or even medium) you can easily cause the gums to bleed. Also with your soft toothbrush - brush your gums as well as your teeth. This helps strengthen the gums and helps them to stop bleeding. I switched to a Sonicare and brush my gums every time I brush my teeth. Gums feel great afterward. Any soft electric brush will do the trick. I also use a Waterpik which helps strengthen the gums too.
Here's an excellent site on suggestions in relation to bleeding gums:
http://ask.metafilter.com/65561/How-to-combat-receding-gums
Hi AP,
about gums bleeding: sometimes my hygenist/periodontist would check on my gums (I have a long history of paradontosis), and they did not lke when gums were not bleeding in certain places. The answer to my question was that if the gums are deteriorated too much they stop bleeding, so they advised me to massage them to get blood going. So in that case it was a good thing to see gums bleeding. You could check with your doctor.
I'm a newbie, do it the second week (with VCO). I think, plaque goes away, and I had 2 small growths on my left cheek - one is gone, another is so small I barely feel it.
Happy OP and be well
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