Get your gums treated at
Rubio Dental Group
What are the different
treatment procedures for my gums?
Depending on the nature
of the disease and the severity of the symptoms Dr. Carlos Rubio and staff plans a treatment
chart for you. At Rubio Dental Group in Los Algodones, Mexico, you can avail mostly
two types of treatments for gums-
1. Non-surgical
2. Surgical
Non-surgical methods of
treating gum disease
These methods do not
require any surgery. They are simple yet effective techniques of treating gum
inflammation.
- Dental cleaning or scaling.
When Dr. Cesar, the main
periodontist at Rubio Dental Group, evaluates your mouth, he recommends you to
go for dental cleaning if there is considerable amount of plaque and tartar
stuck on your teeth and gums. With the help of special equipments called
ultrasonic scalers, the deposits are removed from your teeth and gums. You will
be able to appreciate a fresh feeling once all the dirt is removed from your
mouth.
- Root planing.
As the name suggests,
this procedure is focused at the cleaning of the roots of the teeth. So it is a
deep-cleaning method. The procedure is carried out under a local anesthetic to
avoid discomfort when the instrument tip is penetrated deep in the area between
gums and teeth and the root surfaces are cleaned. If there are any rough areas,
they are smoothened while polishing so that the rate of deposition reduces and
the gums reattach to a clean root surface.
Surgical methods of
treating gum Disease
- Flap surgery
Dr.
Cesa Monarrez suggests this
procedure to patients with deep pockets (area between teeth and gums when more
than 3mm). The procedure comprises of the following steps-
-
Lifting of gums after administration of a shot
of local anesthesia
- Removal of plaque and tartar.
-
Smoothing of rough edges of protruding bone ends
or root surfaces
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Once the surfaces are cleaned thoroughly the
gums are placed back tightly around the teeth.
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As the surgical wound heals the gums will attach
strongly to teeth limiting the area for bacterial proliferation and, hence,
limiting the risk of periodontal disease.
- Bone grafts.
If your jaw bone is not
sufficient enough or has undergone disintegration due to any reason, bone
grafts can be placed to restore back the original shape. Your own bone,
artificial bone tissue or bone tissue from another donor can be used for this
purpose. Once Dr. Cesar Monarrez grafts fall in their place, they stimulate the
growth of the natural bone tissue.
- Soft tissue grafts.
Soft tissue grafts are
called as gingival grafts which replace the lost or insufficient gum tissue. At
Rubio Dental Group, the graft is taken from the palate area and placed in the
area of deficiency.
- Guided tissue regeneration
This is another
technique of reinforcing weak bone and gum layers. If put it simply, the
procedure involves the placement of a small mesh-like structure in between bone
and gums after performing a flap surgery. The mesh stimulates the generation of
bone and gum tissue from both the sides, thereby, strengthening the union of
the two and filling up the areas of deficiency.
Dr. Cesar decides the
type of surgery that is needed for your case on the basis of the findings after
your complete examination. Surgery is always performed as the last resort. Most
of the times, scaling and root planing are sufficient to cure gum diseases.
