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Gum Recession
9 min read
Also known as: gingival recession · receding gums · exposed tooth necks · gum line retreat · tooth root exposure · recession · retreating gums
Your Body Is Speaking
Your gums are pulling back. Slowly, often unnoticed, millimeter by millimeter. Eventually the tooth necks become visible — sensitive, exposed, vulnerable. What was once protected now lies open. Cold hurts. Heat hurts. Sometimes even a breath of air is enough.
Dentistry speaks of periodontitis, of tissue breakdown, of bacterial infection. And that is the physical level — it is real and deserves attention. But BodySignal asks deeper: Why is the tissue pulling back, the tissue that protects your roots? What does it mean when the foundation that anchors you gradually dissolves?
Gum recession is not coincidence — it is a retreat. And it mirrors a retreat within you.
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