What Is Trench Mouth?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
10. Prognosis
Most patients who receive treatment recover fully from trench mouth. Treatment may be more effective if it is caught early enough to halt the disease progression before tooth loss occurs. In this case, it is often possible to repair any damage to the gum tissue and prevent tooth loss altogether.
Patients who have had trench mouth must be careful to keep up good oral hygiene practices. Otherwise, the infection could recur. Having trench mouth once does not make one immune to it, and there is no vaccination against it.
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