Treating Receding Gums With Pinhole Grafts

When you have issues with receding gums, this could be due to periodontal disease. Without treatment, this could lead to periodontitis and even the risk of tooth loss. But our team can help tackle this with a conservative alternative to traditional gum grafts! In today’s blog, Dr. Ann Kania talks about pinhole gum grafts for patients in Encinitas and San Diego, CA.

The Difference Between Traditional and Pinhole Gum Grafts

With a traditional graft, we will take tissues from other areas of your mouth’s interior, and then apply this to the front of your teeth, adding new tissues and reshaping your gum line for better symmetry, and to prevent tooth pain due to exposed roots, and to lower the risk of complications like tooth decay, infection, and even periodontitis. But we can offer a more conservative alternative with the Pinhole Gum Graft system.

With this option, we don’t need to surgically remove tissues from other parts of your smile. Instead, we will make a miniscule hole in your gums and add a special collagen material, allowing us to manipulate the tissues until they cover the exposed portions of your roots. We take care to ensure proper symmetry in the tissues as well!

The Causes of Recession

Why do our gums recede? This complication occurs when the gums become diseased. With periodontal disease, treatment is needed to manage the issue. Otherwise, it can reach a more severe state, and cause tissues to pull back and expose sensitive areas of the roots, leading to painful symptoms and an increased risk of periodontitis, the stage that is connected to adult tooth loss. When you first begin to exhibit potential signs of gingivitis and periodontal disease, then reach out to our team today. Sore, red, and bleeding tissues are often early indicators, and we could take action to prevent gum recession.

Treatment with Laser Dentistry

Our team can use dental lasers to make any necessary adjustments to the tissues, and to help destroy harmful disease-causing bacteria so we can better manage the issue moving forward. Lasers can target areas with precision, destroying harmful bacteria and allowing us to remove tissues that have become infected, so we can control the issue. This can be done with precision and comfort, rarely requiring the use of anesthesia. If you have any questions about how we help receding gums with the pinhole surgical technique, or if you have recession that needs attention, then contact our team today to learn more!

Schedule Your Appointment for the Pinhole Surgical Technique

We want to help to treat gum recession and safeguard your smile. To learn more about treating your receding gums, then call Dr. Ann Kania in Encinitas, CA, today at 760-642-0711.