GUMS & SUPPORTIVE TISSUE TREATMENTS

Whenever you feel like your gums are sensitive or you notice bleeding, you need a periodontist. Otherwise, you risk gum disease or the pain experienced with every bite, and other extreme mouth conditions.  The supporting tissue is known as the periodontium, which includes most predominantly the gingiva (gums), alveolar bone (jaw bone), and periodontal ligament (cushion around roots of a tooth).

Treatments for the Gingiva (gums)

• General cleaning of teeth above or at the gum line.
• Deep cleaning of teeth & gums & stain removal.
• Currettage of deep infected and loose gum tissue.
• Raising a flap of gums & supporting tissue and debridement of tissues underneath (flap surgery).
• Altering the contour/unfavorable positions of soft tissues to more favorable ones.
• Splinting teeth.
• Depigmentation of gums.

Common Symptoms that require Immediate Attention

• Bleeding from gums.
• Foul smell from mouth.
• Hard deposits on teeth.
• Stained teeth.
• Shaky teeth.
• Nagging pain in gums.
• Pus or swelling in gums.
• Dark pigmentation in gums.