Keeping your gums healthy and strong is essential for keeping your smile full, and this can also ensure you avoid discomfort too, such as bleeding gums. Which is why we offer periodontal care. In today’s blog, Celina Family Dentistry talks about how we can help smiles with periodontal care.
The Causes of Gum Disease
What causes periodontal disease? The issue starts when your gums become inflamed, also known as gingivitis. Your gums could end up inflamed due to factors like plaque and tartar buildup brought on by poor brushing and flossing habits, as well as a diet high in sugar. Inflammatory illnesses like diabetes could be a factor, as could a family history of the disease. The use of certain medications could be a factor too! We want to offer help with periodontal care to help you avoid the risk of losing natural teeth.
The Warning Signs of Periodontal Disease
How do you know if you need periodontal treatment? If you attend routine checkup and cleaning visits with our team, then we can likely catch the issue in the earliest stages of gingivitis, often before you experience symptoms. Otherwise, you may not know you need care until your smile exhibits changes, such as redness and soreness, bleeding, or even recession that makes teeth appear longer. When you experience even minor changes to your tissues, then you should contact our team right away for a diagnosis! We don’t want you to suffer from gum disease-related tooth loss.
The Link to Tooth Loss
Without treatment, the disease could cause the tissues connecting the teeth and gums to deteriorate. The loss of attachment tissues means loose and eventually, lost teeth. In fact, this is the number one cause of adult tooth loss for adults! But with periodontic care, we can manage the issue and prevent the loss of natural teeth. If the disease has already caused tooth loss, we could manage the disease and then replace your missing teeth with one or more dental implants.
Deep Cleanings
If we catch the issue in the early stages, then we could offer a deep cleaning! Also known as a scaling and root planing, this will involve our team gently and thoroughly removing all plaque and tartar from the teeth with an ultrasonic scaling device. Buildup is also removed from the roots and beneath the tissues too. We then polish the teeth for a brighter appearance, and to make it more difficult for plaque and tartar to accumulate before we see you again. We typically follow the deep cleaning with a traditional one every three to four months to keep buildup and inflammation under control.
Gum Grafts
What if periodontal disease has caused your tissues to recede, pulling back from the teeth so the teeth appear long? When this happens, portions of the roots not protected by enamel are exposed, which can cause discomfort and increase the risk of decay and infection. You also have a greater risk of periodontitis; the stage of the disease linked to adult tooth loss. But we can help boost the health and beauty of your smile with a gum graft. Our team will take tissues from other parts of your mouth’s interior and use them to cover the exposed portions of the teeth and create a new gum line, so you avoid further discomfort and your disease is more easily managed with preventive care moving forward.
Implant Dentistry
If you have lost teeth to periodontal disease, then once we properly manage the issue we could offer replacement with dental implants. These are inserted into the jaw and act like new roots, which gives your new teeth the chance to last for decades to come, possibly a lifetime. Our team can replace an individual missing tooth or use several posts to secure a bridge or possibly a full set of new teeth.
If you have any questions about how we diagnose and treat issues like gum disease to keep your smile healthy and whole for years to come, or if you want to talk about how we take on tooth loss with implant dentistry, then contact our team today to learn more. We are ready to help you and your family enjoy full and healthy smiles for years to come, smiles that inspire confidence.
Celina Family Dentistry Offers Periodontal Care!
We want to help improve the health and stability of your smile with periodontal care and implant dentistry. To learn more about boosting gum health, then please call Celina Family Dentistry in Celina, TX at (214) 851-0130 today.
