Fighting gum disease can feel like a losing battle. There are many root causes of gum disease, but bacteria are the most common. When bacteria or other issues trigger your immune system to create inflammation in your gums, healthy cells become damaged.
Without timely gingivitis treatment, this inflammation will damage how your gums attach to the teeth and even wear away at the bone tissue that keeps your teeth stable. Our New Creation Dental Care team can help you win the battle against gum disease and even reverse many types of damage to keep your teeth strong and smiling!
Periodontal disease is a progressive process that needs treatment as early as possible to prevent irreversible damage and tooth loss. While it typically starts as a buildup of harmful bacteria, it can also result from systemic health problems such as diabetes, habits such as smoking, or mechanical issues that cause excessive pressure in your bite. Our team of experienced dental professionals has the training and advanced technology to identify and address the root causes of your periodontal disease and rebuild your oral health.
Effective treatment as early as possible can prevent a cascade of effects that can lead to complete oral health failure and severe strain on your immune system and other areas of your body. We’re committed to helping you enjoy the comfort and confidence that comes with a healthy smile, and we will do what it takes to help you build a comfortable payment plan so that finances don’t stand your way.
When periodontal disease degrades the bony socket that supports a tooth, it can leave traps for bacteria and food debris under the gums. Because these areas cannot be adequately cleaned at home, it puts the teeth at serious risk for complete failure due to untreatable cavities and aggressive gum infections.
Crown lengthening is a procedure that removes these bacterial traps by reshaping the gum tissue, making the area more accessible to keep clean and alleviating inflammation to prevent further damage.
Certain types of periodontal disease cause the gums to shrink away from their appropriate position, exposing more of the tooth structure than you would typically see. Gingival grafting allows us to add healthy gum tissue where it is needed.
This can mean adding thickness where the gums are too thin, preventing further recession, or rebuilding the gums so they sit higher on the teeth. In both cases, gingival grafts help to stabilize the teeth and prevent them from becoming loose or falling out.
Sometimes called “deep cleaning,” scaling and root planing are often the first steps in treating periodontitis. Our expert hygienists will altogether remove buildup below the gumline, which can trigger ongoing inflammation.
This creates a clean surface where the gum tissue can rebuild healthy attachment, improving the stability of your teeth and preventing further bone loss.
Your tongue and lips are attached to the supporting structures of your jaws by bands of connective tissue called frena. When frena are too tight or too short, it can pull on the gums and damage their attachment to the teeth.
A frenectomy is a simple procedure that releases tension from the overtight frena, allowing more functional movement in the lips and tongue and preventing further damage to the gums. We frequently perform these procedures during childhood to avoid damage before it starts.
Chronic inflammation, specific health issues, and some medications can cause the gums to become overgrown. In many cases, the natural shape of your gums may also cover too much of the tooth.
This creates plaque traps where bacteria can build up, triggering gum disease. We can correct this problem by reshaping your gums, making the teeth easier to keep clean, and improving the appearance of your smile.
While gum grafting is an excellent treatment in many cases, we’re proud to offer a revolutionary new approach to treating gum recession. This minimally invasive technique delivers more predictable, long-lasting results than traditional grafts.
Specialized instruments, inserted into a tiny pinhole in the gum tissue, reposition the gum tissue without using scalpels or stitches, giving you a faster, more comfortable healing process with excellent results.
Our specialized periodontal laser can eliminate bacteria and other contaminants below the gum line and stimulate healthy cells. This is a proven, non-surgical approach to treating even advanced periodontal disease, which can help regenerate healthy bone tissue and reverse some of the worst effects of gum disease. We can also use the laser to resolve gum disease affecting dental implants.
