Gingival recession exposes tooth roots, making them susceptible to cavities and root canals.

“the atrophy of the gums so the gums they're going to recede and they're going to keep going down so it's very typical that you look if i know i if i look at someone i know they have freedom to disease just by looking at their gums because you're going to see the teeth they become bigger and then you're going to see the gap uh that is going to expose the root so usually the roots of your cheek they're not mean meant to be exposed because once they expose kerry skin uh the bacteria can colonize and you can have root canals as well”