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Periodontics (Gum Disease Treatment)
Affecting almost everyone at some stage in their life, periodontal disease is also known as gum disease.
The periodontium is the foundation of your teeth. Like the foundations of a house, if this foundation is undermined, then the teeth will move, collapse or simply become loose, infected and require extraction. Periodontal health is paramount because if it is not maintained nothing else that you do will be of any benefit.
Periodontal diseases take on many different forms, but are always a result of the interaction of your body reaction to a bacterial attack. Everybody will react differently to the same bacteria. There is a very strong genetic link that determines the amount of destruction that occurs. In its early stages, periodontal disease is known as gingivitis, which can be treated and reversed. However as bacteria delves deeper and attacks tooth’s surrounding ligaments and bones it is known as periodontitis, which cannot be reversed.
Surveys have concluded that periodontal disease is the number one cause of tooth loss among adults. Common symptoms can include,
- Loss of attachment to the tooth leading to loose teeth
- Bad odour in the mouth
- Recession of the gums leading to “long in the tooth” look
- Frequent bleeding of the gums
- Gum abscesses and pain
Periodontitis can also contribute to more serious conditions including an increase in the chance of,
- heart attacks
- strokes
- diabetes or making diabetes uncontrollable
- gastro intestinal problems
- low birth weight babies
Of course prevention is the best form of treatment, what you do at home will ultimately be reflected in your periodontal tissues.
Laser Periodontic Treatments
At Sydney Laser Dentistry, the laser is used to decontaminate the sight of periodontitis. The laser seeks out and destroys the bacteria that are causing the disease. Using the laser technology the bad infection tissues are removed with greater accuracy, ease and almost painlessly. This removal allows access to the roots that are infected for thorough cleaning of tartar or calculus and the removal of the infected cementum (gum tissue).
Laser therapy treatment is more efficient because the root surfaces become easily visible, there is almost no bleeding and an observable decrease in post treatment pain and tooth sensitivity. This means that with the Sydney Laser Dentistry method of periodontal therapy, the chances are you will have less time in the chair. Quite often, Phase 1 treatment can be completed in 2 hours. From experience, this means at least a 50% decrease in the clinical time required to traditionally clean the teeth and roots to the same level.
The Laser Post Treatment Advantage
Many patients report that having experienced the traditional periodontal therapy and the laser therapy, they were astounded as to the decreased discomfort of laser based therapy. The gums did not swell and throb continuously as before. They reported a vast decrease in the post treatment bleeding, and the tooth roots did not react to cold and hot stimulus to anywhere the same degree. In fact, some that had given up on the periodontal therapy previously, were able to be treated and are among our happiest patients.
Improved Final Outcomes of Laser Treatment
At Sydney Laser Dentistry, we can go one step further to improve the final outcome of periodontal treatment. By preparing the root surfaces with laser, the water and light cleans off the micro debris on the surface of the root allowing for a much better surface for regenerative cells to attach to the tooth. The value of the Sydney Laser Dentistry technique is not only to stop periodontal disease, but scientific studies are showing that there is a chance to increase re-attachment level. This result was never available prior to laser therapy as conducted by Sydney Laser Dentistry.
