Your periodontal health can be more important than you realize. People who are not properly managing problems with gum disease can experience complications that affect their overall health, not just the health of their smile. A serious infection also puts you at risk for tooth loss, as the bacteria responsible for your condition can attack… Read more »
Category: Periodontal Disease
Maintaining A Healthy Environment For Periodontal Care
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… Read 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… Read 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… Read 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… Read 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… Read 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… Read 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…. Read more »
Dealing With Gum Disease Before Tooth Loss Occurs
Is there time to spare when it comes to addressing problems with your gums, or should you make periodontal health care a priority? There are several issues that periodontal disease can create when it is not being properly managed. In addition to negatively impacting your physical well-being, the destruction of tissues resulting from this infection… Read more »
Should Perio Protect Be Part Of Your Oral Hygiene Routine?
In your daily routine, how much work are you putting into fighting periodontal disease? The time and effort that go into cleaning your teeth and protecting them from decay can also help you prevent gingivitis. These cleanings fight the buildup of bacteria that can gather at the base of your teeth before working their way… Read more »