What Makes Laser Treatment So Comfortable?

When we see patients for periodontic treatment, we want to ensure their experience in our office is a positive one. Which means providing comfortable treatment, including the use of dental lasers. In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about the comfort of dental laser treatment.

The Comfort of a Dental Laser

One major benefit of treating periodontal disease with dental lasers is the fact that this technology provides care with comfort. The technology employs a concentrated beam of light that is calibrated specifically to handle soft tissue concerns. In some cases, treatment doesn’t even require the use of anesthesia or sedation, allowing us to manage the disease and control issues like periodontitis, which could otherwise lead to adult tooth loss. When you experience potential symptoms of the disease, such as sore, red, and bleeding gums, we hope you will reach out to our team right away!

Targeting Gum Disease and More

Our team can use the lasers, in systems such as LANAP, REPAIR with WaterLase, and Fotona, to trim away the diseased parts of your gums so healthy ones can attach to your teeth, minimizing periodontal pockets and allowing us to better the issue with preventive and holistic care moving forward. The technology allows us to reshape the gum line to ensure proper esthetics too. If you have severe gum recession, we can use the technology as part of the Pinhole Surgical Technique, so we can cover the areas of exposed roots. The technology also helps aid the jawbone grafting process, so we can strengthen the lower jaw and ensure your smile can support dental implants in cases of tooth loss.

Other Benefits for Our Patients

Lasers can offer a host of other benefits for our patients. Since they can target areas with unrivaled precision, this minimizes the risk of damage to healthy gums. The lack of scalpels and sutures in treatment ensures the areas heal fast, so many can return to their normal routine in as little as 24 to 48 hours. The technology also reduces the risk of bleeding, swelling, and infection significantly, and treatment only takes one visit to complete!

If you have any questions about how we manage your gum health and protect the stability of your smile with advanced technology, or if you have sore, red, and bleeding gums that need attention, then please reach out to our team today to find out more! We want to help you smile with confidence again.

Schedule Your Appointment and Protect Your Gums

We want to help you enjoy good oral health and avoid the onset of issues like tooth loss. To learn more about improving your gum health, call Dr. Ann Kania in Encinitas, CA, today at 760-642-0711.