When you suffer from gum disease, this can not only impact the health and stability of your smile, but lead to negative issues with the appearance of your smile too. Fortunately, we can help correct these issues with advanced laser dentistry. In today’s blog, your Brooklyn, NY, periodontist and implant expert looks at improving smiles with soft tissue plastic surgery!
The Impact of Periodontal Disease
According to the Centers for Disease Control, half of adults over the age of 30 suffer from some stage of periodontal disease. Without treatment to manage the disease, it can grow in severity and reach a stage known as periodontitis. The risk of tooth loss is much higher, and you could also develop negative changes to the appearance of your smile. The disease can cause gum recession, which exposes root portions of the teeth to make teeth appear longer and increase the risk of tooth decay and infection. As periodontal disease wears down and destroys the connective tissues and underlying bone structure, this can lead to missing teeth and further negative changes to the appearance of your smile. In addition to managing the disease add keeping your smile whole, we can offer care to help improve the beauty of your smile.
Soft Tissue Plastic Surgery
When you have deep periodontal pockets, as well as poor symmetry and recession in the gum line, this impacts the appearance of your smile and manages the disease to prevent further impacts from the disease. But we can conduct soft tissue plastic surgery to improve the beauty of the smile. Our team can add new tissues to the smile, or use treatments to manipulate the tissues and cover the exposed portions of the roots and reshape the gum line for better symmetry.
Helping Your Smile Heal
Following the treatment, your smile will need to heal. To aid in the process so you can return to your normal routine in a much shorter time frame, our team can offer treatment with Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP). The procedure involves injecting a special autoplasm that encourages the growth of periodontal tissues to help address recession and damaged tissues. The same system can also help strengthen underlying bone structure too, which makes it helpful if you receive one or more dental implants. If you have any questions about how we help your smile heal and look its best, then contact our team today to learn more. We want you to enjoy a full and beautiful smile!
Enjoy Stronger Smiles with Your Brooklyn, NY, Periodontist
Our team is ready to help transform both the health and appearance of your smile. To schedule an appointment and obtain better gum health, contact your Brooklyn, NY, periodontist by calling (718) 444-3800.
