While your dentist can provide an important protection against many problems that affect your smile, they may suggest seeing a specialist if you are affected by periodontal disease. When people think about gum disease, they sometimes only think about gingivitis, which can be reversed through proper preventive care. While our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice can offer preventive care in order to deal with gingivitis, we are also ready to help with more advanced troubles that might affect your periodontal health. If your gums have developed a more advanced infection, we can help you understand what problems your condition might be causing, and we can recommend modern services to help you manage your periodontal troubles. (more…)
Check Out The San Diego Aquarium’s Turtleversary Jan 11-12
On Saturday, January 11 and Sunday, January 12, San Diego’s Birch Aquarium is hosting a special fifth anniversary celebration for the arrival of its Loggerhead Sea Turtle! You can learn about how the turtle came to join the aquarium, and take part in a number of fun turtle-themed activities. Special events planned around the “Turtleversary” are included with your admission to the aquarium. With proper care, the Loggerhead Sea Turtle can enjoy a long life. If you keep up with smart periodontal care, your smile can also enjoy a long and healthy life. However, if you let problems with gum disease go unaddressed, you can be at greater risk for tooth loss over time. Our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice is ready to help you take on problems with gum disease so that you can maintain your full smile. (more…)
Strategies For Fighting Harmful Periodontal Bacteria
While modern procedures are available to help you fight periodontal disease, you should make preventive efforts your priority if you want to preserve your smile. Your gums, like your teeth, benefit when you maintain an effective oral hygiene routine. When you brush and floss your teeth, you can remove the harmful bacteria that can cause gingivitis before progressing to more advanced gum disease. Our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice is here to help if you find yourself experiencing periodontal disease by providing tools like Perio Protect to fight an infection. We also offer patient-friendly treatments like ozone therapy to fight bacteria that have begun hurting your periodontal health. (more…)
Don’t Let Periodontal Disease Ruin Your 2020!
With smart oral care at home, and regular support from your dentist, you can protect your gums against the threat of gingivitis, the initial stage of a periodontal infection. Unfortunately, people who develop gingivitis do not always receive care in time, and that can lead to the development of periodontal disease. When this occurs, it can become a serious problem for your dental health, and even for your overall well-being! Our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice is prepared to help you take on problems with your gums. If you want to schedule a second opinion appointment after seeing your dentist, if you want to look into fighting active issues with periodontal disease, or if you want help preventing troubles with your gums, we are prepared to address your needs. (more…)
The San Diego Lunar New Year Festival Is Jan 17-19
From Friday, January 17 through Sunday, January 19, the San Diego Lunar New Year Festival will be underway! You and your family can take part in the fun at SDCCU (Qualcomm) Stadium, where a number of live performances, demonstrations, educational activities, and more will take place. This is a great opportunity to join in the fun of celebrating the lunar new year, as well as a chance to learn more about the many traditions that people practice to mark this important date. The start of a new year is a great time to think about making positive changes in our lives. If you have ignored signs that your gums might not be healthy, this is a great time to look into treatment. Our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice can perform a diagnostic review to check on the condition of your gums, and let you know if treatments might be needed. (more…)
Lasers Offer A Modern Solution To Problems With Gum Disease
Gum disease is hardly a new problem, but it is a potentially serious one that still affects many people. As bacteria gather on teeth, you become vulnerable to the infection of your periodontal tissues. The fist stage of an infection, gingivitis, can be addressed through better oral care, and through a special preventive procedure known as a scaling and root planing. Unfortunately, when the problem grows more serious, managing it can become difficult. By removing bacteria and damaged tissues, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontist can help you recover from your condition. We make this experience more precise and patient-friendly by using lasers when treating your gum tissues. Lasers offer greater accuracy than a treatment using a scalpel, and they can help people recover from care more quickly. (more…)
We Can Place Dental Implants To Help You Restore Your Smile
When periodontal disease affects an individual, there is a risk that they will experience tooth loss. Through modern, patient-friendly procedures, our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice can protect you from experiencing this by maintaining those tissues that support your teeth. If you have already experienced tooth loss, we can talk to you about restoring your full smile as part of a larger plan to help you fight advanced gum disease. Through the placement of a dental implant, we can provide support for a restoration that can offer functional support in addition to improving your smile. If necessary, we can also work with you to prepare you for a successful placement by taking on active problems with your infection. (more…)
Enjoy The San Diego Zoo’s Jungle Bells Event Through Jan 5
Now through January 5, the San Diego Zoo is hosting its special Jungle Bells program! There will be special events, like shows, and other fun programs throughout each day while the program is running. Make sure you stick around in the evening, as many fun activities are scheduled for the later hours. This can be a great way to treat the family to holiday fun, and it can be a great opportunity to see a new side of the San Diego Zoo! Planned outings can help you end the year on a magical note. If you want to end this year on a positive note, and avoid troubles in 2020, make sure you take action if you have problems with your gums. Our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice is prepared to help you stop problems with gingivitis, and we can provide modern answers to problems with periodontal disease. (more…)
Tobacco Products Can Raise Your Risk For Gum Disease
When you smoke cigarettes, or regularly use any other tobacco products, you engage in a habit that can create several serious problems for your general health. Our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice can tell you how the use of tobacco affects a person’s periodontal health in undesirable ways. By partaking in tobacco use, you can make your gums more vulnerable to infection, which can lead to difficulties with gum disease later in life. Because of this, we can provide support to make breaking the habit easier as we work with you to address problems that affect your gums. (more…)
Using PRP Therapy To Address Tissue Damage From Gum Disease
You may be surprised by the degree of harm periodontal disease can cause you. The effects of gingivitis, the first stage of an infection, can be relatively mild. You may notice some swelling or reddening of your gums, or observe bleeding when you brush and floss. If you take action to address the infection at this time, you can recover your periodontal health without requiring ongoing support. If your infection progresses, and you experience periodontal disease, the destruction to your gums, and the resulting attachment loss, can cause you to lose teeth! With PRP therapy, our Encinitas/San Diego, CA periodontal practice can help you naturally regrow healthy tissues, and limit the harmful effects of an infection. (more…)