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[|Human|] My 10 year old has braces and apparently has not been doing a good job of brushing his teeth. We just started to pay more attention and noticed that he has a hole in his gum above one of his incisors. His gums are inflamed so we know that he hasn t been brushing or water-pik-ing correctly. But, what does this hole mean? Will it heal?
[|AI|]  Hello, Thanks for consulting ChatDoctorRead your query, understand your concern as your son had hole in gums don't worry during Orthodontic treatment maintain of proper oral hygiene is difficult, hole in gum can be due to caries in tooth or duet gum disease like inflammation in gingival due to poor periodontal condition.  For this I will suggest you to consult your dentist and go for oral examination, in meantime advise doing warm saline rinses two - three times a day. Hope this will help you.