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Gum disease is a common infection that can cause bleeding gums, bad breath, gum recession, bone loss, and eventually tooth loss if left untreated. It often begins as gingivitis and can progress to more advanced periodontal disease.
At Pearl Dental Group, we provide gum disease treatment in Baton Rouge to control infection, protect your gums and bone, and help preserve your natural teeth. Treatment may include deep cleaning, scaling and root planing, periodontal maintenance, or more advanced periodontal therapy depending on the severity of your condition.
Early gum inflammation that may cause redness, swelling and bleeding.
Infection begins affecting the tissues and bone supporting the teeth.
Periodontal pockets deepen and additional bone loss may occur.
Significant loss of bone and supporting tissue can cause teeth to loosen or eventually be lost.
If our dentist determines you have gum disease, the first line gingivitis treatment in Baton Rouge, LA is a procedure called scaling and root planing. This is a deep cleaning focused specifically on the gums and roots of your teeth. During this procedure, your dental hygienist removes any plaque and bacteria from below your gumline, then gently smooths out the tooth roots. This reduces the likelihood of plaque and bacteria impacting your gums in the future and lowers the risk of reinfection.
A few months after scaling and root planing, bacterial plaque can cause gum disease to recur. We recommend periodontal maintenance with deeper cleanings every three to four months to help keep your gums and teeth healthy. The severity of your gum disease, response to other soft tissue procedures, plaque growth rate and oral care at home will help our team determine how often you’ll need this done.
This surgical procedure is performed to gain access to diseased root and bone areas, remove bacteria and infected gum tissue and reduce pockets. After the local anesthetic and optional sedation have taken effect, our dentist makes an incision at your gumline and then folds back the gums to clean out bacteria. If any of the exposed bone is damaged or shaped irregularly, smoothing it out reduces the risk of bacteria growth causing reinfection. If your bone is significantly damaged, we offer plasma-rich growth factors and fibrin to enhance the healing process. Then your gums are sutured back into place and covered with dental dressing.
During a gingivectomy in Baton Rouge, LA, diseased gum tissue is removed and/or reshaped to eliminate deep periodontal pockets that make it difficult to access and remove tartar. A gingivectomy is typically done before gum disease has damaged bone supporting your teeth. Removing the pocket walls provides greater visibility and accessibility to thoroughly remove tartar and smooth the tooth roots. While a gingivectomy was initially developed to treat gum disease, it can be done as a cosmetic procedure to reshape gums or to enable placement of a restoration.
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