Many scientific studies have proved that theoretically gum disease or also called periodontal disease are contagious, cause the main reason for gum disease is bacteria and by consequence it can be transported form one person to another, however practically there's no sufficient evidence based cases which can back up this theory, cause for bacteria needs a reliable transporter and in this case the transporter is the saliva and as we know that the main bacterias causing the periodontal disease in Lebanon and worldwide are anaerobic bacterias in other words very sensitive to O2 and by conclusion they will be terminated when they are exposed to air.
Using the same toothbrush between the members of the same family. The toothbrush is in direct contact with the gum and with the bacteria causing the perio disease, in this case the risk should be much higher.
Nevertheless, there's many gum disease or oral infections which people tend to think that they are contagious like aphtous lesions and candidosis or fungus lesions.
We shouldn't forget that Herpes lesions or herpetic lesions are contagious and can be transported with direct contact or indirect contact and it's caused by a virus and not a bacteria.
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