Maintaining a safe and healthy environment for patients has always been a priority for our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice. With increased concerns for public safety related to Covid-19, we have worked to make sure that all of our patients feel safe and secure in our office. By keeping patients apart, maintaining a safe space in our waiting area, and using advanced tools to filter potentially harmful microbes in our office, we can make sure patients are able to continue receiving important periodontal health care without worrying for their well-being! In addition to providing continued care to patients who have been fighting periodontal disease, we are here to help those who begin to worry that their gums are in poor health. (more…)
What Can I Do To Avoid Complications From Gingivitis?
If you have problems with gingivitis, you should be concerned enough to take action and address the matter. Focusing on good oral hygiene and keeping up with routine dental checkups can help you stop a problem before it worsens and turns into a matter for a periodontist. It should be noted that when an infection is not resolved in time, and a patient develops problems with periodontal disease, more involved care can be necessary to stop their infection from spreading or causing tooth loss! Our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice can use our diagnostic imaging tools to determine how serious your current infection is, and to determine what can be done to help you based on that evaluation. (more…)
Perio Protect Offers More Protection Against Gum Disease
What does your approach to fighting gum disease consist of currently? With a thorough brushing and flossing routine, you can fight the buildup of bacteria that threaten to cause gingivitis. Keeping up with good oral hygiene, scheduling regular dental visits, and looking for symptoms of infection can help you avoid a problem where an infection forms and worsens. If you have struggled to prevent infections in the past, or if you are having a difficult time managing periodontal bacteria, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontist can recommend treatment with Perio Protect. By adding Perio Protect to your daily routine, you gain the ability to fight infections by directly targeting your gums with antimicrobial agents! (more…)
Using Ozone Therapy To Target Harmful Periodontal Bacteria
The buildup of bacteria beneath your gum line can have serious consequences for your health. In time, periodontal disease can destroy tissues that support teeth, causing tooth loss to occur. Bacteria that move through your bloodstream after building up under your gums can actually create problems for your general health, leading to more complications from your infection! At our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice, we are prepared to offer a range of treatment options for those who have struggled with periodontal disease. One service we provide is ozone therapy. During this procedure, we use concentrations of oxygen to destroy harmful microbes while leaving benign bacteria alone. This helps control symptoms with gum disease while still preserving your mouth’s ecosystem. (more…)
How Periodontal Care Encourages Healthy Tissue Growth
When periodontal disease forms, the tissue damage that results can have serious consequences for your smile. Bacteria can cause worrying attachment loss that leaves you vulnerable to the loss of teeth. This damage can also make it harder to recover from an infection. At our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice, we are able to help patients who are already experiencing these difficulties. Platelet rich therapy uses platelet rich plasma to encourage the healthy growth of tissues. Because this service relies on natural growth factors that our bodies rely on, it serves as a holistic approach to care. To help fight bacteria accumulation and stimulate growth, we can also use lasers to carefully remove harmful microbes and infected tissues. (more…)
How Digital Images Help Us Identify Periodontal Problems
There are certain symptoms of gingivitis that a person can identify on their own. For example, you may start to worry about your periodontal health because your gums frequently bleed whenever you clean your smile, or because your tissues look swollen or discolored. What you should know is that knowing the severity of the infection can help determine what kind of periodontal care can benefit you. If a problem is caught in time, preventive periodontal services can be sufficient, but more advanced cases can call for more involved treatments. At our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice, we use diagnostic imaging technology to carefully study patients’s health. With these detailed images captured, we can find an effective solution to problems with your gums! (more…)
Addressing Tooth Loss That Is Linked To Gum Disease
There are several reasons to worry about the effects of gum disease. If gingivitis is not properly managed, an infection can cause damage to the tissues that currently support your teeth. As this takes place, those teeth can become unstable, and are at risk for either being lost or needing to be extracted. While tooth loss is not the only long-term consequence of poor periodontal health, it is an issue that can seriously impact your smile, dental function, and well-being. In addition to helping patients fight problems with active infections, we can make plans to restore your smile with dental implants. Through implant dentistry, we are able to provide root-like titanium posts that will keep prosthetic appliances permanently in place! (more…)
Treating The Periodontal Tissue Damage Done By Gum Disease
When you begin to struggle with gingivitis, there are certain symptoms that you can identify. Your gums can bleed after you brush and floss, and they may look swollen or discolored in areas where an infection has developed. You may notice that you have to hide bad breath more often, or even that your gum line is starting to recede. While these problems should not be taken lightly, you can put a stop to your difficulties with effective preventive care. Unfortunately, periodontal disease can create more serious problems, and it can be more difficult to manage. One thing our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice can do for you is address the tissue damage linked to your periodontal disease. By doing this, we can provide cosmetic improvements, and help you fight the negative effects of this infection. (more…)
How Can The Effects Of Periodontal Disease Be Addressed?
When action is taken in time, gingivitis can be addressed before any lasting problems affect your periodontal health. In fact, our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice can provide preventive care in the form of a scaling and root planing to help you recover from an infection before there are complications that have to be addressed. Unfortunately, many people will have a problem with gingivitis worsen, leading to issues with periodontal disease. Without the appropriate care, this condition can lead to serious tissue damage, enough to cause tooth loss. Periodontal disease also makes you vulnerable to general health problems as bacteria are able to move to different parts of your body. If you are already dealing with periodontal disease, we can evaluate your gums and find the right way to help you fight your infection! (more…)
3 Reasons To Worry About A Receding Gum Line
When you check your bathroom mirror after brushing and flossing, you cannot help but notice that your gum line seems to be receding. Is this something that should concern you? What causes this problem to happen? Gum line recession can be traced to gingivitis, though it can also be caused by other issues, like aggressively brushing your teeth. Even if your troubles are not the result of an infection, you should be aware that this change can make you more vulnerable to periodontal disease over time. Our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice can use the Pinhole Surgical Technique to provide gum grafting treatment that is minimally invasive. This can improve the quality of your smile, and it can lead to better support for your periodontal health! (more…)