Periodontics | Dental Wellness of Suffern

PeriodonticsGum Disease Treatment Suffern, NY

Periodontics is a dental field devoted to understanding, preventing and treating diseases of the gums. Specially-trained dentists, called periodontists specialize in preventing, diagnosing, and treating periodontal disease.

Periodontists see cases ranging from mild gingivitis to advanced periodontitis. Common treatments include scaling and root planing, root debridement, and regenerative periodontics. Periodontists are trained to perform oral surgery and can place dental implants near you, as well as supportive surgical implants in the jawbones.

Schedule an appointment with a dentist in Ramapo or dentist in Hillburn to understand the extent of a periodontal disease and get a possible solution for the same.

Laser Periodontal Surgery at Dental Wellness of Suffern

In advanced gum disease, periodontal pockets form beneath the gum line. These pockets can’t be easily cleansed of bacteria and tend to stay infected. Infections this deep into the tissue will cause pain, tooth loss and even destruction of bone tissue in the jaw. Once these pockets develop, deep root planing and scaling can arrest their development for some, but many people need more advanced gum treatment.
In the past, the treatment for this kind of periodontal disease has been gum flap surgery. A periodontist would use a scalpel to separate and fold back gum tissue to allow access to the infected and compromised deep gum tissue. This is a viable treatment approach. However, closed-flap laser periodontal surgery is far less invasive.