The Dentist is the one who is responsible for examining their patients with minor or even serious gum disease in a regular basis to check for forming of pockets and bone loss, most particularly with accompanying receding gums. And as a dental patient you are also responsible to your action towards your oral hygiene. If you want to avoid having tooth loss and gums that recedes you will need an early prevention as well as early diagnosis and aggressive and effective treatments. For there are some dentist tried to advise their patients to quit smoking and the stop tobacco use for it increases the risk for gum recession. Not only it can cause gums to recede but can affect general health as well.