If you have lost jawbone structure due to untreated tooth loss, this could complicate your ability to receive dental implants. However, our team could rebuild the weakened portions with jawbone grafting. In today’s blog, your Encinitas, CA, periodontist talks about using lasers to ensure quality ridge augmentation.
The Right Tools For Treating Periodontal Disease
When you are contending with periodontal disease, having access to the right treatments can hold significant value. Poorly managed infections lead to tissue damage that can build until tooth loss occurs. It can also make a person vulnerable to the spread of bacteria to different parts of the body, which means new problems will arise and threaten their health! At our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice, we can provide effective solutions for problems with an infection, including solutions that depend on laser technology. What makes lasers effective at treating these problems? These tools allow us to work with more precision while also minimizing tissue damage, something that will help you have a better experience during and after your appointment! (more…)
Periodontal Laser Care And Your Appearance
When a patient struggles with periodontal disease, its effect on their smile is just one of many concerns that can be present. An infection that is not being managed properly can lead to complications that actually impact your general health, and it can cause a degree of attachment loss and tissue damage that leads to tooth loss! With that said, tooth loss and tissue recession are both issues that you can find yourself dealing with because of your infection, which means you can struggle with embarrassment over the way you look. Fortunately, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontist can offer care that relies on advanced laser technology to offer exciting results and more comfort during treatment! (more…)
Effectively Removing Bacteria Under The Gums
During a general dental checkup, patients should receive feedback about the condition of their gums as well as their teeth. For those who learn that they have deeper periodontal pockets that point to problems with gum disease, a visit to a specialist may be recommended. Our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice offers important services to those who need help fighting more severe problems with poor gum health. One way we can provide assistance is by performing treatments that remove bacteria and infected tissues to help these tissues recover from damage and grow healthy. Laser tools make it possible for us to provide this kind of care while delivering both exciting results and more comfortable treatment experiences. (more…)
How Laser Gum Care Benefits You After Treatment
When problems with gum disease start, tissue damage will affect the attachment of your gums to your teeth. As this occurs, troubling periodontal pockets form. Eventually, they can open to the point of causing larger concerns about your ability to reverse the condition and prevent complications! Your Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice is prepared to help with this issue by offering advanced treatment with laser tools. By using lasers to address this problem with your periodontal health, we can take on the bacteria and carefully remove infected tissues to encourage the start of your recovery, which leads to the growth of healthy tissues. Doing this work with lasers instead of manual tools will offer more precision and comfort during care. Because we can better protect your soft tissues, you can have an easier time with recovery! (more…)
Responding To Troubling Jawbone Density Loss
The troubles you face after losing teeth can be serious. In some cases, they can also be surprising. Did you know that you can actually lose density in your jawbone over time if you have an incomplete smile? The longer this problem remains untreated, the more likely it is to create this and other issues. Unfortunately, that tissue loss can create more than just concerns over how you look, as you can also struggle to qualify for restorative treatment in the form of implant dentistry. At our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice, we can provide services that use lasers to make your experience with jawbone grafting easier. As a result, we can help you qualify for important prosthetic care, and we can do so while doing work that is more conservative and easier to heal from. (more…)
Is It Time To Consider Periodontal Laser Treatment?
If you have problems with the health of your gums that are not being properly managed, you could experience more consequences than you anticipate. Some of the potentially serious effects of this problem include the loss of teeth, as your infection can do alarming harm to the tissues that support them. There are also risks linked to the movement of bacteria through the bloodstream, which can result in problems for other parts of the body. At our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice, we provide different solutions for care based on what needs our patients have. For those with more significant issues with gum disease, we can use periodontal lasers to make advanced care more precise and comfortable! (more…)
Using Laser Tools During Grafting Services
Grafting treatments can respond to problems created by more advanced issues with your periodontal health. If you have problems with tooth loss, you may need to arrange jawbone grafting treatment to ensure you are a good candidate for care that includes the placement of dental implants. Patients can also benefit from gum grafting treatments when responding to the effects of infection, as their tissues can recede as a consequence of the problem.
Having access to services performed with the right kind of tools can make your experiences in the dentist’s chair and after treatment. Your Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontist can provide jawbone and gum grafting services with laser tools. These tools can provide greater precision while work is done, and they can reduce bleeding. These benefits make the care itself easier and also provide better experiences for recovery! (more…)
Precise Care For Infected Gum Tissues
Should you take an interest in the kinds of tools that are used when caring for your smile? When periodontal services are provided with laser technology, you can enjoy a more precise treatment as well as work that is more comfortable. At our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice, we rely on different laser tools to take care of patients’ issues with gum disease. By using these instead of manual tools, we can make more targeted services possible and leave healthy tissues unchanged. We can also limit bleeding and damage to the point where we will not have to rely on suturing to aid in your recovery even when taking on a more advanced infection! (more…)
How Laser Tools Lead To More Precise Care
If nothing is done about an active problem with periodontal disease, the consequences can be severe. Living with this problem means living with an elevated risk for tooth loss and a vulnerability to general health issues. The good news is that your Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontist can offer strategies for treating this problem so that you have protection against these consequences. We can even make this service more convenient and precise by offering care with laser tools. Laser treatments can precisely target bacteria and unhealthy tissues so that you have a better experience while you are in the dentist’s chair as well as while you recover! (more…)