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I've never had good gums. They've always bled. As a result, the second I left my parents' house at the age of 18 I stopped going to the dentist to avoid the terrible pain. During a span of 10 years i'd gone in for a cleaning exactly once. About 2 years ago my gums were hurting so badly that I decided to go to a dentist. I had so much tartar and infection beneath the surface of my gumline that my roots were deteriorating. I was logging 6s and 7s in the dental probing. I immediately got a scaling and planing. This was a horrible and painful experience, but I was told that with a strict regimen of brushing, flossing, and using mouthwash that everything would get better. It did not get better. My gums would keep getting infected. My dental pockets kept getting bigger. I hypothesize that they were so deep that nothing I was doing at the time could really help. My dentist told me i'd need to undergo an expensive procedure where they rip your gums down, scrape everything clean, then sew your gums back together. I could not afford this. I got smart and turned to the internet. Due to my gum issues I was supposed to get a cleaning every 3 months. After starting Periogen I noticed a decrease in infection within one week. I felt so confident because of this (and because of the glowing reviews for this product here on amazon), that I did not go in for my next cleaning until today, the day I write this review. This was approximately a 10 month span. My dentist was quite impressed. Usually the probing for pocket depth made my gums bleed. They did not at all, and my pocket depths were between 3 and 4. The only problem is that you MUST be vigilant. I use Periogen 5 times per week. Also initially i had some trouble wielding the 90 degree pik pocket attachment for the waterpik. It took me about a month to finally be sure that I was really hitting the periodontal pockets correctly. I set the waterpik pressure to a smidgeon above 1. No con to using this product holds a candle to the peace of mind in knowing that my gums are ok, that my teeth aren't going to fall out anymore, and that the only dental cost I will have going forward are my biannual cleanings. I am a real person and this is my story. I declare this product to be a life-changing product.