General Consult and Radiographs
Your first appointment with your periodontist is an information gathering session. It will begin with your doctor asking you about your medical history, your past and your current dental practices, your social history and oral hygiene routine.
Implants
A dental implant is an artificial tooth root that a periodontist places into your jaw. This implant can then be used by your regular dentist to hold a replacement tooth, bridge or denture.
Pocket Reduction Surgery
A pocket reduction procedure is recommended when pockets are too deep to clean with daily homecare and professional routine cleanings. During this procedure, your periodontist folds back the gum tissue and removes the disease-causing bacteria before securing the tissue back into place.
Extraction/bone grafting
In the case of severe gum disease or root fracture, teeth occasionally cannot be saved. Your periodontist and dentist will help determine which teeth are treatable, and which teeth need to be removed.
Soft Tissue Grafting
Soft tissue grafts are recommended to stop gum recession and to prevent further dental problems. Soft tissue grafts can also improve the esthetics of your gum line to improve your smile.
Functional and Aesthetic Crown Lengthening
Functional crown lengthening is a surgical procedure that recontours the gum tissue and often the underlying bone around a tooth.
Hard Tissue Grafting
In instances when you have lost a tooth or teeth, the gum and bone begins to disappear leaving you with an indentation. This indentation may be limiting if you are considering implant treatment.
Scaling and Root Planing
Scaling and Root Planing can be performed with or without local anaesthetic. The goal of the procedure is to remove as much of the calculus build up on the root surface as possible.
Sinus Augmentation
A key to implant success is the quantity and quality of the bone where the implant is to be placed. In the situation where teeth in upper posterior jaw are missing, there may not be adequate bone to support dental implants due to the presence of an enlarged sinus cavity.
Pre-orthodontic Procedures
In the case of severe gum disease or root fracture, teeth occasionally cannot be saved. Your periodontist and dentist will help determine which teeth are treatable, and which teeth need to be removed.