Treating Gum Disease With Advanced Dental Lasers

Our team wants to manage periodontal disease and help protect your smile from major complications, including adult tooth loss. With advanced laser dentistry, our team can provide treatment to manage the issue and safeguard your smile. In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about the benefits of our laser treatments.

The Presence of Periodontal Disease

When should you see our periodontist for treatment? Essentially, you should let us know when you notice any changes to your gum tissues, such as redness, soreness, or bleeding when you brush or floss. As the disease grows in severity, you could also encounter recession that makes teeth appear longer than usual. These are all common warning signs of periodontal disease, and the sooner you undergo treatment the sooner we can manage the issue and prevent the later stages linked to adult tooth loss. With dental lasers, we can offer care with precision and accuracy.

Dental Lasers

Our dental laser systems, including LANAP and REPAIR with Waterlase, will use a concentrated beam of light that is specially calibrated for soft tissue use. Our team can employ these lasers to gently trim away the diseased portions of your gums so that healthy tissues can attach to your teeth. We then reshape the gum line, so you have both a healthier and more attractive smile. Lasers can target areas with precision to prevent damage to healthy structures, and they limit the risk of swelling, bleeding, and infection. The laser technology means we don’t need scalpels or sutures, so the area heals quicker. You could return to your normal routine in as little as 24 to 48 hours.

Treatment Options

As we touched on above, we can employ the technology to trim away the diseased parts of your gums, allowing healthy tissues to adhere to the teeth. But in addition to this procedure, we could also use the technology to aid in jawbone grafting, in which we strengthen the smile so it can receive dental implants. The same technology also helps prepare smiles for our Pinhole Surgical Technique, a conservative alternative to traditional gum grafts. Along with adjusting gums and connective tissues, we can also destroy pockets of harmful bacteria in the process to better manage your periodontal health.

If you have any questions about how we use laser dentistry to manage periodontal disease, or if you want to schedule a visit, then contact our team today to get started.

Talk To Our Team About Advanced Dental Lasers

Our team wants to help you avoid the long-term complications of untreated periodontal disease. To schedule your appointment and safeguard your smile, call Dr. Kania in Encinitas, CA, today at 760-642-0711. We look forward to seeing you!