Gum disease, also known as periodontal disease, is a major threat to your health and wellbeing. Your best bet when it comes to treating gum disease is to act as soon as you can and begin addressing the problem. The sooner your dental team can figure out what is causing your gum and teeth issues, the sooner they can work out a treatment plan that is right for you. The most common course of action for treating periodontal disease is a process known as dental scaling and root planing. At Huynh Periodontics, we offer a range of gum disease treatments that can help you with your day to day dental care routine.
Why is it important to treat gum disease?
If caught early and treated, periodontal disease and its effects can be drastically decreased with proper gum disease treatment and continued maintenance. If left untreated, periodontal disease can lead to tooth and bone loss. Gingivitis can be one of the first signs of infection and gum disease. The build-up of bacteria that is causing the inflammation of your gums comes from plaque. If the plaque is not brushed away properly, it hardens into tartar/calculus, which cannot be removed with normal brushing.
The bacteria in the hardened plaque starts to eat away at the connective tissue between your teeth and gums. This causes the creation of “pockets”. At this stage, the effects of periodontal disease are still often reversible. In some patients, their gum disease is diagnosed early enough to where they can avoid needing gum surgery. Instead, their gum disease can be treated with a special deep dental cleaning called scaling and root planing. This is just one of the many dental procedures we specialize in here at Huynh Periodontics.
