Do Bleeding Gums Need Laser Treatment?

Do you experience bleeding gums, or have soreness or redness in your gingival tissues? If so, then you need treatment, as this could indicate gingivitis and periodontal disease. But we can help! In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about treating bleeding gums with dental lasers.

Bleeding Gums and Other Possible Symptoms

What does it mean your gums bleed easily when you brush and floss? This could indicate serious inflammation, known as gingivitis, or even the early stages of periodontal disease. When the periodontal tissues become inflamed, which can happen due to poor brushing and flossing habits, a diet high in sugar and starch, and other factors that promote plaque and tartar buildup that irritates the tissues, this could lead to periodontal disease. With time, lack of treatment means your bleeding gums progresses into loose and even missing teeth. In fact, this is the number one cause of adult tooth loss. Don’t ignore sore and bleeding gums, or redness in your smile or even recession that makes teeth appear long. When this happens, let us know right away, as could offer relief with laser dentistry.

Help with Dental Lasers

Soft tissue lasers can provide a gentle and precise way to target areas of the smile with diseased tissues, so we can remove these portions of the tissues. This enables the tissues to attach to the teeth and help make the issue more manageable with a preventive approach moving forward. The lasers don’t require scalpels or sutures, so the treated area heals quickly and the risk of bleeding, swelling, and infection is much lower too. This is also comfortable and rarely requires the use of anesthesia at all. We can help safeguards your smile and ensure you avoid bleeding and tooth loss. If you have lost teeth already due to the disease, we can help with dental implant placement.

Protecting Your Smile During the Holidays

Our team wants you to take steps to help protect your smile from gingivitis and periodontal disease during the holiday season. Since this is a time of year in which we consume a lot of foods and drinks with high amounts of sugar and starch, this could lead to a higher risk of plaque buildup and inflamed periodontal tissues. We suggest drinking water with our meal to help rinse away sugar and starch, and flossing after you eat. Make sure you continue to brush and floss daily during the holidays, and make time to see our team for a visit if you have symptoms. You can see us now and use your 2025 dental implants before they expire!

Schedule Your Appointment About Laser Dentistry

Our team is eager to help you avoid painful symptoms and the risk of tooth loss. To learn more about periodontal treatments with advanced technology, call Dr. Ann Kania in Encinitas, CA, today at 760-642-0711.