General Dentistry
Gum Treatment
Treating gum disease before it costs you teeth.
Gum disease is the leading cause of tooth loss in adults and is often painless until it is advanced. Treatment starts with a periodontal assessment — measuring the depth of the pockets around each tooth — followed by deep cleaning below the gum line.
Gum treatment only holds if home cleaning changes too. That is not a throwaway line: the professional cleaning resets the situation, and daily interdental cleaning is what keeps it there.
What happens
The treatment step by step
So you know what each visit involves before you commit to the first one.
Periodontal assessment
Pocket charting and radiographs to measure bone levels.
Non-surgical therapy
Deep cleaning of the root surfaces, usually over one or more visits.
Review
Re-measurement to see how the gums responded.
Maintenance
A recall interval matched to your risk.
Questions
Common questions
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Information on this website is provided for general education and does not replace a professional dental consultation, diagnosis or treatment plan. Outcomes vary between patients.