Managing and treating gum disease can prevent tooth loss associated with poor periodontal health, and it lowers your risk for complications with your overall well-being. Our hygienists diligently maintain training and experience in therapies that reduce risks to patients’ gums, dental implants, and bone structures. Whether you need to respond to serious tissue damage or require maintenance to prevent harm, we can craft a long-term plan to protect your gums.
Treatments For Gum Disease
Diagnosing Periodontal Disease
We evaluate symptoms like gingival pocket depth, issues with bleeding, and tooth mobility to assess whether gingivitis, periodontitis, or advanced periodontitis affect you. Once determined, we can create a plan that addresses your immediate needs as well as the long-term preservation of your health. Our practice can also help patients who struggle with concerns such as aggressive periodontal disease, a condition related to systemic health issues, and necrotizing periodontal disease.
Periodontal Treatments
Your periodontal review will tell us what should be done to take on your gum disease difficulties. Patients with gingivitis can receive a dental cleaning to remove harmful plaque and tartar, giving tissues the chance to heal. More involved cleanings in the form of scaling and root planing will remove harmful materials underneath the gum line. Numbing agents can make this service more comfortable. Patients who have more significant issues with tissue damage and pocket depth may require surgery to close these pockets so that they can experience proper cleanings and recovery.
Maintenance Of Gum Health
Good oral hygiene is important even for someone without a history of poor gum health. Patients who struggle with infections can benefit from scheduled sessions with our hygienists. Often booked on a quarterly schedule, maintenance cleanings protect against new tissue loss and pocket formation. These sessions also provide the following care and reviews:
- Visual examination of teeth and existing restorations
- Oral cancer screenings
- Guidance and recommendations for home care
- Teeth polishing to protect against new bacteria buildup
- Diagnostic x-rays (providing more detailed analysis for matters like decay, tooth root stability and placement, tumors, cysts, and bone density loss)
Soft Tissue Plastic Surgery
Our skilled and knowledgeable hygienists understand that severe cases of gum disease can cause major impacts on the soft tissues of your smile. You could develop deep pockets, major recession, and changes to the symmetry of the gum line, which impact the health of your teeth. As part of your treatment for gum disease, or to aid in preparing your smile for implant dentistry, we can conduct Soft Tissue Plastic Surgery. With advanced laser technology, we can correct the appearance and symmetry of your gum tissues, offering results that look great and help protect the health of your smile.
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)
Our dental hygienists can incorporate advanced treatments to help facilitate healing. When patients suffer from severe periodontal disease, this could impact soft tissues and even the bone structure. But with PRP, our team injects autoplasm to help facilitate healing and growth of the periodontal tissues. If you’re receiving dental implants, the same technology can help strengthen the bone structure and facilitate healing once your implant posts have been surgically inserted in the jaw. You enjoy faster healing, relief from symptoms of periodontal disease, and a lowered risk of tooth loss and implant failure.
Laser Services
Because they offer more precision and comfort, laser tools have become popular for treatments addressing periodontal disease. We can also offer them for cosmetic benefits, including gum contouring. Your nonsurgical gum treatments can resolve problems with attachment loss that make tooth loss a risk. Thanks to LAPIP, we also have the means to save failing dental implants without oral surgery! The multiple laser tools we employ give us more control over how we treat individual patients. With more accurate work, better preservation of healthy tissues, and limited bleeding, you can have an easier time during and after your procedure. These tools can even remove the need for suturing!
LANAP and REPAIR Laser Treatment
LANAP (Laser Assisted New Attachment Protocol) and the Waterlase® REPAIR protocol offer more conservative and comfortable solutions for the treatment of your gums. Lasers provide more precise targeting for removing harmful bacteria while minimizing tissue damage. The resulting care with these tools can both make you more comfortable and improve your recovery experience after the treatment of sensitive areas.
LAPIP, like LANAP, helps patients with smiles threatened by poor gum health. However, LAPIP is a treatment designed to save failing dental implants and preserve past prosthodontic work. If your restored smile is in jeopardy, this service can keep your implant safe and secure while tending to harmful bacteria.
Imaging And Reviews
The right reviews provide important feedback to help with both diagnoses and treatment plans. Based on your needs, we can rely on different types of technology to provide remarkable images we can review and use to plan care.
CT Scan
CT scans give us detailed looks at the jawbone, along with the various structures underneath the gums. We use these scans to study bone defects and deterioration, examine the nerves, and make important assessments in planning the placement of your dental implants.
3Shape TRIOS Intraoral Scanning
Advanced 3D images from our 3Shape TRIOS intraoral scanner replace the need for manual impressions when a reliable model of your teeth and oral structures is required for diagnosis and treatment. In addition to offering a more comfortable approach, the TRIOS intraoral scanner provides remarkable detail that can be studied at all angles. We can even make the images readily available to you so that we can discuss your current health and treatment plans more clearly.
Digital X-Rays
By using digital technology to create x-rays, we can capture internal images with impressive clarity, and we can do so with technology that significantly reduces the radiation emitted by traditional imaging technology.
Specialized Hygiene Services
When you keep your gums healthy, you protect your smile by lowering your risk for tooth loss. You also prevent the onset of an infection that can affect your risks for problems like heart disease, diabetes, and other issues. The superior care our hygienists provide will help with the prevention and management of periodontitis and offer support for any past dental work, including prosthodontic treatment.
Ongoing specialized hygiene services include:
- Cleanings at intervals determined by your health and your history with gum disease
- Regular reviews with x-rays and other forms of imaging technology to evaluate any potential tissue damage or attachment loss raising your risk for gum disease
- Care to help preserve the health and function of dental implants
- Teeth polishing to stop the gathering of new bacteria
- Evaluations for the early warning signs of oral cancer and other threats to the mouth and oral structures
Talk About Periodontics with Your Brooklyn, NY Team
To find out how to treat your gum disease and preserve your smile, contact our team. Schedule a visit by calling Brooklyn Periodontics & Implantology in Brooklyn, NY, today at 718-444-3800.
