This was a surprise to us, since most people assumed that you don't get periodontal problems until you are age 35 or 40. We found it's more prevalent than anyone believed at a much younger age than anyone had thought.
The conventional wisdom is that people who have gum disease typically don't have a problem until they are 35 or 40 years old, ... We found it is much more prevalent than anyone believed at a much younger age than anyone thought.