Periodontal Disease

What happens during a Periodontal Exam should be pretty standard in dental offices.  First of all you should know that a periodontal exam means an evaluation of the supporting structures of the teeth including the gums and jawbone.  This type of examination is usually done as part of a complete exam by your dentist.  A Periodontal Exam may also happen […]

This is a good question because periodontal disease is not usually painful! You may know that you have had bone loss around your teeth if they start to feel loose.  A good dentist will always tell you if you have periodontal disease and the best way to manage this disease. Bone loss will show up on x-rays. Your dentist should […]

This blog describes how our office is using Perio Trays.  We are loving the results! If you have gingivitis or periodontal disease, there are many options for treatment.  This is great because we are not all alike and finding the right treatment can mean the difference between success – saving our teeth and gums or failure – losing your teeth […]

What Are My Options For Treating Periodontal Disease? So, really, What Are My Options For Treating Periodontal Disease? Okay, so by now you should probably know that Periodontal Disease is the permanent loss of your jawbone!  Currently, there is no predictable way to get all the lost bone back.  You will always have the bone loss, but this can be […]

We dentists and dental professionals seem to want to make periodontal disease more complicated than it really is. Is this part of the reason that patients are not flocking to our doors asking us to please treat their disease?  Is there a way to make Periodontal Disease more understandable?  How about also making different treatment therapies more understandable while we […]

Can you benefit from dental lasers, specifically a Waterlase if you have periodontal disease? Patients are researching periodontal disease online and methods to treat all sorts of dental diseases.  This blog will introduce the use of the Waterlase to treat periodontal disease. You might have periodontal disease if you have bone loss around your teeth.  Nearly 40% of the population […]

Periodontal Disease and gingivitis are diseases usually do not hurt.  By some estimates, over 90% of the population have some form of active periodontal disease and/or gingivitis.  Simply put, gingivitis is a reversible infection of the gums.  It can be eliminated with a professional cleaning and thorough home care.  However, this infection will easily return without continued personal and professional care. […]

If you were a Gum Disease causing bacteria, whose mouth would you live in? Well, that depends!  If you were a bacteria that causes gum disease, tooth decay, or periodontal disease and your goal was to live undisturbed as long as possible, you might want to live in one of the areas shown here.  You would live. eat, proliferate (multiply […]

Periodontal disease is the loss of the supporting structures of the teeth namely gums and bone.  Treatment can take many forms depending on the severity of the disease, the location of the periodontal disease and variables between patients based on comfort goals and finances.  In our office, we believe it is important that your periodontal disease is explained to you […]

Can you Have Healthy Gums and Rotten Teeth?  Yes, absolutely! Bacteria cause almost all the problems we see in patient’s mouths – except for trauma and muscle issues.  The problems directly attributable to bacteria are decay, cavities, gingivitis, periodontal disease, and infections,  So, if you can control the bacteria, you can control most of the problems we dentists see and spend our […]