# Gum Pocket Facts
> Those numbers at your cleaning mean something. A plain guide to gum measurements. Includes simple steps and when to ask a dentist.

## Guides
- [What Probing Depth Means](https://gum-pocket-depth-numbers.puliku.workers.dev/probing-depth-meaning/): Probing depth is the distance in millimeters from the gum edge to the point where a thin probe stops in the space around a tooth.
- [What Healthy Numbers Look Like](https://gum-pocket-depth-numbers.puliku.workers.dev/healthy-gum-measurements/): On a gum exam, readings in the low single digits of millimeters are generally what dental teams expect around healthy teeth, with no bleeding.
- [Bleeding on Probing](https://gum-pocket-depth-numbers.puliku.workers.dev/bleeding-on-probing/): Bleeding on probing means a spot on the gum bleeds when a dental professional gently measures around a tooth, and it is usually recorded as a sign of.
- [Tracking Your Numbers Over Time](https://gum-pocket-depth-numbers.puliku.workers.dev/tracking-numbers-over-time/): Tracking numbers over time means keeping your own record of each charting visit so you can see whether the figures are holding steady, shifting or clustering.
- [Questions to Ask About Your Numbers](https://gum-pocket-depth-numbers.puliku.workers.dev/questions-about-gum-numbers/): The best questions about gum numbers are specific ones: which teeth, which sites, how they compare with last time and what the next step is.

## About
- [About Gum Pocket Facts](https://gum-pocket-depth-numbers.puliku.workers.dev/about/): not medical advice, how the site is funded and how guides are made

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