Gum Disease Treatment

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Gum Disease Treatment
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treating gum disease can be accomplished in a
number of ways, and whether it'll be an easy or
difficult task depends on several things,
beginning with one's health. there are a variety
of treatments for gum disease depending on its
severity,
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your response to earlier treatments, and your
overall health. Now, the best way to make sure
that your dental health is well-maintained, is to
take care of your gums through regular visits to
your local dentist.
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There are two main ways your dentist will
approach gum disease prevention-nonsurgical and
surgical treatments. Scaling and root planing is
essentially a treatment where your dentist
applies a local anesthetic, and
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performs a deep cleaning. This scrubs away tartar
from above and below the gum line, and smooths
out any rough spots on your teeth. The smoothing
process will usually get rid of unhealthy
bacteria, and
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provide a nice tidy surface for the gums to get
nice and cosy with their perennial neighbors, the
teeth. Your dentist will decide to perform a root
planing and scaling procedure if there are
deposits of plaque and
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and calculus below your gum line which need to be
removed.When gum disease has progressed well
beyond the point where non-surgical methods can
help, surgical treatments may be in your near
future.
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One surgery is a pocket reduction/flap surgery,
in which the gums are pulled back from the teeth,
and the problem pockets of tartar removed.
Another surgical treatment is bone grafts,
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which involves pieces of human bone or synthetic
bone inserted in the jawbone to replace those
destroyed by gum disease. Lastly, there is bone
surgery,
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where your dentist removes shallow divots caused
by advanced bone loss, making it harder for
bacteria to grow. Needless to say, surgical
methods are not the first choice unless the
health of the patient
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just doesn't sit well with nonsurgical methods,
aside from being inconvenient. Your dentist will
consult with you whether a surgical option will
be most suited for your particular
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