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The symptoms of an underlying disease like gum disease, mouth injury or trauma is a gum recession or commonly known as receding gums. There are some individuals that have a naturally thin gum which makes them prone to recession. And older people are subject to receding gums because the gum recession increases as we age. These are what we need when we are in the process of diagnosing receding gums dental examination, x-rays and dental history and family medical history are needed. As you can see there are surgical and non-surgical treatments for receding gums and the treatments depend on the severity of the disease. If ever the patient has severe receding gums, the dentist may submit their patients to a periodontist.