Studies from the Centers for Disease Control reveal that half of adults over the age of 30 suffer from some stage of periodontal disease. Without treatment, this could lead to not only pain in your smile, but missing teeth too! Fortunately, your team at Brooklyn Periodontics and Implantology can help manage periodontal disease.
Warning Signs and Diagnosis
When should you contact our team for periodontic treatment? We recommend an appointment for an examination if you experience changes to your gums. For example, if they appear redder than normal, feel sore, swell, or bleed easily, this is all cause for concern. Likewise, if they begin to recede to make teeth appear longer, let us know. These warning signs indicate the presence of gingivitis or gum disease!
Our team will look closely at your smile with intraoral cameras to assess the presence of inflammation, and can use digital x-rays to look for any signs of attachment loss of wear in the underlying structure. From there, we can accurately assess the cause and severity of the issue, so we can move forward with treatment.
Deep Cleanings
If we catch the disease in an early stage, we may be able to control it with a deep cleaning, also known as a scaling and root planing. Like a traditional dental cleaning, this can remove all plaque and tartar from the surfaces of your teeth. But we also remove this from the surfaces of your exposed roots and from under the gums, destroying pockets of harmful bacteria in the process. Since this is more involved than a traditional cleaning, we will numb your smile. For some, this could take one visit, while others may need two or more. We then polish the teeth to help limit the ability for buildup to form on the smile. With holistic and preventive treatments, like Supportive Periodontal Maintenance and antimicrobial medications, we can control the issue moving forward to keep your smile beautiful and whole.
Laser Treatment
If you have a more advanced case of periodontal disease, then we can help with advanced laser treatment. With this technology, we can gently and carefully trim away diseased portions of your gums, and in the process, reshape the gum line to ensure proper symmetry and beauty. Our team can then manage the disease with preventive care moving forward. Lasers also help destroy pockets of harmful bacteria, and can provide care with precision. Lasers provide care in only one visit, and the treated areas heal quickly, since we do not need scalpels or sutures at all. This is precise and comfortable treatment, one that rarely requires anesthesia at all.
Platelet Rich Plasma
We also want to help your smile heal! With Platelet Rich Plasma, we can inject a special autoplasm into your smile to help facilitate the healing of your gums, attachment tissues, and underlying structures too. You can recover from your treatment faster, and your smile becomes stronger too! Along with managing gum disease, this can also be used to help heal the placement area around your new dental implants faster too, so you can enjoy your favorite foods in a shorter time frame!
Dental Implants
Missing teeth can be a serious problem, and we have a solution. In addition to managing the issues that caused your tooth loss, we can replace what was lost with one or more dental implants. These are small posts made from biocompatible titanium that we insert into your jaw. Once there, they bond with the jaw and act like roots, which fortifies the jaw and keeps it strong. We then attach a restoration or prosthetic to complete the process, so you have a lifelike new smile. We can take a single missing tooth or several, and managing gum disease helps ensure the possibility of your prosthetic lasting for decades to come.
If you have any questions about how we address missing teeth with implant dentistry, or about how we manage periodontal disease to keep your smile full and beautiful, then contact our team today to learn more. You deserve optimal oral health and a complete smile, and we are ready to help make it possible for you and your family!
Brooklyn Periodontics Provides Periodontal Treatment
We want to help protect your smile from the impact of periodontal disease. We can treat and manage the disease to avoid issues like tooth loss, and replace missing teeth with implant dentistry, so you can enjoy optimal results again. For more details about treating disease and inflammation, then please call Brooklyn Periodontics & Implantology in Brooklyn, NY at (718) 444-3800 today.
