Laser gum surgery is an excellent way to treat gum infection caused by advanced periodontal disease and to improve the appearance of gums cosmetically. Using a dental laser is highly effective and non-invasive and provides a better treatment outcome.
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Dental laser therapy can be very helpful for people suffering from dental anxieties because it’s a much gentler periodontal treatment that is easier to tolerate. The dental laser is very quiet and doesn’t produce the same vibration or heat as a conventional dental drill.
Laser dentistry is now widely used and is extremely safe. The laser delivers a concentrated energy beam calibrated to a specific wavelength depending on whether we treat soft tissues like gums or hard tissues such as bone. Treatment is advantageous because the energy beam is much more precise than using an ordinary scalpel. Other advantages include:
Laser gum surgery is an excellent way to treat periodontal disease, which is a bacterial infection that can destroy gum tissue. Without treatment, it can begin to destroy other tissues around teeth, including ligaments and bone. Using a dental laser helps to clean infected areas and to sterilize them thoroughly. At the same time, any tissue that is too badly damaged to heal is removed precisely, leaving healthy tissue intact.
Sometimes laser gum therapy is used in conjunction with other treatments for periodontal disease or as a stand-alone therapy. We may suggest laser dentistry to clean your gums more effectively during scaling and root planing. Laser therapy is also very useful for shrinking periodontal pockets between your gums and teeth.
Gums that are badly infected often need to be deep cleaned with a process called scaling and root planing. It’s a procedure used to clean gums that have receded, leaving tooth roots exposed.
Using laser gum therapy in conjunction with scaling and root planing helps to remove bacteria more effectively from gum tissues.
When gum disease is advanced, gum recession is often extensive, creating deep periodontal pockets or gaps between your teeth and gums. These periodontal pockets are often so deep that they are tricky to clean thoroughly. Also, the pockets create the ideal anaerobic (lacking in oxygen) environment for harmful bacteria to thrive. Laser gum surgery helps to clean these periodontal pockets more effectively. Removing harmful bacteria aids healing, so the gums begin to fit more snugly around teeth and are less able to harbor harmful bacteria.
The thin beam of energy produced by a dental laser can reach into deeper periodontal pockets extremely precisely, sterilizing badly infected areas and helping to remove the maximum amount of bacteria. Any tissues that are irreparably damaged are removed precisely, giving the healthy tissues a chance to recover as your body can fight the infection more effectively. As the gums heal, they begin to shrink, reducing the size of periodontal pockets around teeth.
Gum recession surgery is often an ongoing process. If you have advanced periodontal disease, it can become chronic, so you will need regular laser gum surgery to control the disease. If this is the case, we can provide you with a treatment plan detailing how frequently you should see us for laser gum therapy. Because treatment is faster than conventional gum surgery, this routine should be easy to fit into your everyday schedule.
People with a gummy smile will show too much gum tissue whenever they smile or talk, and it can look as if their upper teeth are too short and out of proportion. With a gummy smile, often, the teeth are exactly the right size but are merely covered up with an excess of gum.
Laser gum surgery can remove excess gum tissue extremely accurately, producing fewer side-effects during healing. Because the laser energy immediately and thoroughly coagulates any small blood vessels cut during surgery, there is less bleeding and less swelling afterward. Healing times are shorter and more comfortable, and there is no need for stitches.
Laser gum surgery is very safe, and our dental laser is modern and meticulously maintained. Our dentists have the correct training in operating this laser and will ensure the entire experience is as safe and as comfortable as possible. It is an advanced treatment that is very non-invasive, and of course, we are happy to answer any questions you may have about laser dentistry.
Our periodontists here at Gentle Dental can discuss all the gum infection or periodontal disease treatment options suitable for your situation. For more information about the laser gum surgery in Queens, contact Gentle Dental at (718) 461-0100.
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