NON-SURGICAL PERIODONTAL TREATMENT
Recognize, treat, & manage gum disease
Periodontal disease can cost you your teeth. Catching it early can save them, non-invasively.
Why Non-Surgical Periodontal Treatment?
No Cutting
In the hours and days after periodontal surgery, many patients feel mild to moderate discomfort or pain. This isn't so with non-surgical treatment.
No Surgical Side Effects
Surgery can lead to post-op bleeding, swelling, infection, or hypersensitivity. There's virtually no chance of lingering effects from non-surgical treatment.
Prevent Disease
Surgery for periodontal disease doesn't involve the deep-cleaning that defines the non-surgical treatment of root-planing and scaling.
When Bacteria Go Bad
We all have bacteria living in our mouths. That’s only a problem when it teams up with mucous and food particles, forming plaque, and the plaque then forms hard tarter that won’t go away with everyday brushing and flossing, and the tarter then gets under the gums, forming pockets and trapping bacteria. What comes next is an infection that the body, in an ultimately counterproductive effort, tries to fight. The body’s own enzymes, in combination with bacterial toxins, set to work breaking down the bones and gums holding your teeth in place, and suddenly you have periodontal disease — a progressive and irreversible condition that can loosen your teeth and eventually lead to tooth loss. The disease can be slowed or even stopped with prompt, proper treatment.
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Studies show that periodontal disease is not only a threat to your oral health but has been linked to other conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke, respiratory infections, and even cancer. Whether it is stopped, slowed, or gets worse depends a great deal on how well you care for your teeth and gums every day — and for the rest of your life.
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Non-Surgical Periodontal Treatment FAQ
Periodontal Disease is a disease of the gums and the bone, whereas tooth decay is another dental disease. Periodontal Disease affects both the stability of the teeth, as well as the health of the gums. Periodontal infection happens when the gums get inflamed, and the bacteria get caught underneath the gums and start eating away at the bone itself, causing the teeth to be loose. Treatment includes both surgical removal of the gums and non-surgical periodontal therapy.
Non-surgical periodontal therapy is the way we treat Periodontal Disease in our practice. Most patients with Periodontal Disease should start with the minimally invasive nature of non-surgical periodontal therapy, where the dentist and Hygienist will anesthetize the area using local anesthetic. They will clean and debride both underneath the gums and all the way to the bone level to treat all the bacteria. They use antibiotic treatments locally, placing antibiotics in the periodontal pockets, allowing the gums to become healthy again. The non-surgical nature of this periodontal therapy allows for faster healing, which is an easier procedure for the patient with no recovery time. By using antibiotics and sometimes employing dental lasers to debride and clean the area have really great results in treating this disease without scalpels and stitches.
Once we parse your insurance, look in your mouth, and do x-rays, we can say what you need and calculate the price. But it’s only an estimate at that point, because as we proceed, we may encounter any number of unforeseen complications, such as the need for bone grafts.
Symptoms of Periodontal Disease include a foul odor from your mouth (bad breath/halitosis), bleeding gums when you brush your teeth, and sore, red gums; although pain is not an indication, Periodontal Disease is a painless disease.
If you notice buildup of plaque or calculus around the teeth, you may have periodontal Disease. One of the hardest things from a patient’s perspective to be able to recognize Periodontal Disease is that it is a completely painless disease. Unlike many conditions in the mouth, when you have loose teeth, even if they’re not painful, is a sign of gum disease.
It’s all done in one visit. The non-surgical period therapy can be performed in as little as one visit. A re-evaluation is recommended to assess the success of the procedure and to recommend long-term care, which is required. Periodontal Disease, once diagnosed, is a chronic disease and the goal with gum disease is to keep it at bay and not have it progress. So constant attention by both the patient following the doctors and hygienists’ recommendations and the dentist and hygienist doing the work that they need to do in the office- that partnership is important in managing gum disease.
Periodontal Disease is a reversible process, but it is not entirely curable. So, much like other chronic illnesses in the body, it needs to be managed by a professional and also by the patient with good home care. Following our recommendations, the goal of periodontal treatment, from our perspective, is to maintain the health of the current level of the gum and bones in a healthy state, the gum and bone in a healthy state so that there is no progression of the Disease. Catching Periodontal Disease early is critical in achieving a lifetime of success with the health of your mouth and teeth.
No. The local anesthetic is used to eliminate any discomfort during the procedure. The patient may experience some soreness following the procedure, but most people find it to feel comforting and almost relieved as their gums start to heal.
Yes, there is a point where the teeth cannot be saved. But Concierge Dental Group can help you with that as well.
At a certain point, the teeth may have become so loose and infected that they have to be removed. The good news is that with the adjunct procedures of dental implants, we can restore your mouth back to its original function nowadays with the modern technologies of now.
We’ve treated hundreds of patients for periodontal disease over the last decade. Our dentists have been improving patients’ oral health using these methods for their entire career in our offices around western New York.
Symptoms of Periodontal Disease include a foul odor from your mouth (bad breath/halitosis), bleeding gums when you brush your teeth, and sore, red gums; although pain is not an indication, Periodontal Disease is a painless disease.
If you notice buildup of plaque or calculus around the teeth, you may have periodontal Disease. One of the hardest things from a patient’s perspective to be able to recognize Periodontal Disease is that it is a completely painless disease. Unlike many conditions in the mouth, when you have loose teeth, even if they’re not painful, is a sign of gum disease.
Our Process -- And Yours
Non-surgical treatment, the method of choice for early-stage gum disease, essentially amounts to a deep, professional cleaning of the teeth that gets at the tartar under the gumline and includes the application of a local antimicrobial.
Vigilance (yours)
Local anesthesia (if needed)
Root-planing and scaling (deep-cleaning)
Anti-microbial application
Ongoing home care and vigilance
Our Process -- And Yours
Non-surgical treatment, the method of choice for early-stage gum disease, essentially amounts to a deep, professional cleaning of the teeth that gets at the tartar under the gumline and includes the application of a local antimicrobial.
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