Lasers Make Treatment More Comfortable

When you come to us with periodontal disease, we offer treatment to manage the disease and keep your smile whole. Using dental lasers instead of scalpels and sutures mean a more comfortable treatment and fast healing period. In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about the comfort of dental lasers.

When You Need Dental Lasers

When should you seek treatment with dental lasers? For some, their general dentist or orthodontist may refer them to our office when they find signs of gingivitis and gum disease. But you can make an appointment directly when you notice changes to your gums. As you develop gingivitis and periodontal disease, you could experience sore and red gums, or tissues that bleed easily when you brush and floss. As the issue grows in severity, you could also experience swelling, or even recession that makes teeth appear longer and uneven. Treatment with this technology could manage periodontal disease so you avoid discomfort and tooth loss, and instead maintain a full and healthy smile.

Our Comfortable Treatment Options

Our team can use dental laser systems like LANAP or REPAIR with WaterLase to gently trim away diseased portions of tissues, so we healthy gums can attach to the teeth and reduce the depth of periodontal pockets, allowing us to manage the disease moving forward with preventive and holistic treatment options. They could also be used as part of our gum graft treatment, in which we employ the pinhole technique to cover the exposed roots and reshape the gum line. If you need grafting before we can address tooth loss with dental implants, the technology can aid in the process too, so we can strengthen your lower jaw and ensure it is implant ready. The technology will target areas with precision, allowing the gums to heal quickly, and destroy harmful bacteria. This limits the risk of bleeding, infection, and swelling, and ensures you return to your normal routine in as little as 24 hours.

Managing Your Smile

Following your treatment, our team can provide care to help manage the disease so you avoid tooth loss and discomfort. For example, we can conduct a routine cleaning or Supportive Periodontal Maintenance every three to four months to keep plaque and tartar buildup under control. We could also control inflammation with Ozone Therapy and antimicrobial treatments. If you have any questions about how our team will protect your gum health and control disease with lasers and holistic treatments, then contact our office to learn more.

Schedule Your Appointment to Boost Gum Health

Our team wants to help you enjoy better periodontal health with laser dentistry! To learn more about protecting the health and stability of your smile, call Dr. Ann Kania in Encinitas, CA, today at 760-642-0711.