Our comprehensive dental care approach includes advanced periodontal treatments designed to combat gum disease, restore oral health, and maintain your smile’s integrity. Scaling and root planing offer a non-surgical solution to effectively remove plaque and calculus beneath the gums, smoothing the root surfaces to promote healing and reattachment of gum tissue. Our Periodontal Maintenance Program complements daily home care, targeting plaque and calculus buildup to prevent periodontal disease progression. For those experiencing more severe conditions, we provide specialized treatments such as gum and bone grafting, bone regeneration, and ridge preservation techniques to address tissue recession and bone loss and ensure the structural support of dental implants or prostheses. Additionally, procedures like crown lengthening, periodontal splinting, and osseous surgery are available to manage and treat advanced periodontal issues, ensuring a comprehensive approach to oral health and well-being.
Scaling and root planing is a non-surgical procedure used to treat gum disease. During the scaling process, specialized dental instruments are used to remove dental plaque and calculus from beneath the gums. Planing is the procedure used to smooth the tooth’s root after the scaling process. Root planing helps the gums heal and reattach themselves to a cleaner and smoother root surface.
Home care is an extremely important part of maintaining healthy teeth and gums, but even excellent home care cannot prevent bacteria and plaque. If the plaque is not removed, it can harden, becoming calculus. We will recommend a periodontal maintenance program that is best for you based on how quickly you develop calculus and your past and current periodontal health. During your maintenance visits, we will perform an oral examination as well as a dental cleaning.
During an oral examination, a visual inspection is performed to detect normal and abnormal structures of the entire mouth, head and neck. Along with radiographs, an examination detects cavities, abnormalities in existing dental restorations, gum and bone recession, and any other abnormal findings within the mouth, head, and neck
A dental cleaning, also known as an oral prophylaxis, is the removal of dental plaque and tartar (calculus) from the teeth. Specialized instruments are used to gently remove these deposits without harming the teeth. First, an ultrasonic device that emits vibrations and is cooled by water is used to loosen larger pieces of tartar. Next, hand tools are used to manually remove smaller deposits and smooth the tooth surfaces.
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