How Do Lasers Treat Gum Disease?

Treating periodontal disease is crucial for avoiding not only discomfort, but the loss of your natural teeth too. To treat and manage the disease, so your smile stays full, we may recommend laser dentistry. In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about treating gum disease with laser dentistry.

The Presence of Periodontal Disease

First, how do you know if your gums have developed the disease? Warning signs could include changes to your gums, such as redness, soreness, and bleeding when you brush and floss. You could also experience swelling. For others, recession could occur that makes teeth appear long and uneven. When you experience symptoms like these, we urge you to see our team right away for treatment. Otherwise, periodontal disease could become periodontitis, which leads to missing teeth!

Treatment with Dental Lasers

How do we help with dental lasers? With the LANAP and REPAIR with WaterLase systems, we use concentrated beams of light that have been specially calibrated to handle soft tissue concerns. Our team can use them to gently trim away the diseased portions of the gums. Doing so allows healthy tissues to attach to the teeth, which can reduce the depth of periodontal pockets, so the disease can be easily managed moving forward with preventive and holistic treatments, such as Ozone Therapy, antimicrobial medications, and routine cleanings or Supportive Periodontal Maintenance every three to four months.

Benefits for Your Smile

Using dental lasers means we don’t need to use scalpels or sutures. The precision of this technology means we don’t risk damage to healthy tissues, and target only the diseased portions with accuracy. The lack of scalpels and sutures also means the treated areas heal much faster, while some people return to their normal routine in as little as 24 to 48 hours. The treatments themselves only take one visit too!

Lasers are comfortable, which means there is little to no need for dental anesthesia. The technology also destroys pockets of harmful oral bacteria, which protects the smile and also limits the risk of bleeding, swelling, and infection. Our team wants to help you enjoy better oral health and strong gums, so your smile stays whole and beautiful! If you have any questions about the process of treating and managing periodontal disease with laser dentistry, or if you want to schedule a consultation, then contact our team today to learn more and get started.

Schedule Your Visit to Keep Smiles Whole

We are ready to offer advanced technology to help manage periodontal disease to keep smiles whole and healthy for years to come! To learn more about protecting your oral health using advanced technology, call Dr. Ann Kania in Encinitas, CA, today at 760-642-0711.