When you come to our team for treatment, we will plan care with detail using the latest in diagnostic imaging. Digital x-rays help us with the diagnosis and improve how we plan treatment too. In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about digital x-rays.
Why You Need Good Periodontal Health
The health of your gums is vital for keeping your smile whole and avoiding uncomfortable symptoms in your daily life. But when you develop periodontal disease, this could lead to serious trouble unless you begin to manage it. In our latest blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about why you need good gum health.
Stop Smoking To Save Your Smile
When you smoke cigarettes and use other tobacco products, you can develop bad breath, teeth stains, and serious periodontal issues, the kind that could cost you your smile. That’s not even mentioning the cancer risk! Which is why in today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about the importance of avoiding tobacco products.
Improving Your Gum Health With Better Hygiene
When you improve your overall oral hygiene, this can help fight issues like tooth decay and even protect your smile from periodontal disease. Your improved hygiene could include everything from better brushing and flossing to better meal options. In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about boosting your oral hygiene and gum health!
How Does Periodontal Disease Hurt My Gum Health?
When you develop periodontal disease, you join the estimated half of all adults over the age of 30 in the United States. Without treatment, the disease can worsen with time and reach a stage that leads to tooth loss. In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about how the disease impacts your gum health.
Sedation Dentistry Offers Comfortable Treatment
When you have serious gum treatment on the horizon to manage the disease and keep your smile whole, or if you have gaps in your smile due to tooth loss and require dental implants, then we want to make sure your picture is a comfortable one. In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about our approach to dental sedation.
Replacing Your Missing Teeth With Dental Implants
Periodontal disease can lead to more than just sore, bleeding gums. You could also lose your teeth! But our team can help address these gaps in your smile, along with treating or managing your disease. In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about how we place dental implants.
Correcting Gum Recession With PST®
When you have gums that have receded due to periodontal disease, this could increase the risk of serious oral health complications and even change the beauty of your smile too. To improve oral health and keep your smile whole, you need treatment for recession. Instead of traditional gum grafts, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist can offer the Pinhole Surgical Technique (PST)®.
Perio Protect Helps Keep Gum Disease In Check
When you have gum disease and receive treatment, we want to offer options to manage it from home, and keep your smile from suffering from tooth loss. With Perio Protect, we have a convenient and comfortable way of keeping the disease in check. In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about Perio Protect.
Managing Disease With REPAIR With WaterLase
In our last blog, we talked about reh LANAP system, which helps encourage the attachment of healthy gum tissues to manage disease. But your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist can also use advanced laser treatments to conduct treatment to manage periodontal disease with the REPAIR WaterLase system.