Minimally Invasive Gum Surgery

Is your gum disease harming your oral health and your healthy smile? Gum disease, or periodontal disease, is a frequent and common dental condition that affects the oral health of many Americans. Without proper professional treatment, gum disease will progress to gum recession and significant bone deterioration in your jaw, which then leads to tooth loss and other serious health concerns.

Your dental team and the entire dental industry will always attempt to use the latest technological advancements for any procedure, including periodontal treatment. An innovative advancement includes the use of a perioscope, a minimally invasive device that dramatically enhances the success and effectiveness of nonsurgical procedures, such as deep cleaning or scaling and root planing. The addition of the perioscope will amplify and advance the success of your gum disease treatment and the overall results.

The Traditional Approach for Treating Gum Disease

The treatment for gum disease often begins with deep cleaning, called scaling and root planing, to remove the damaging bacterial plaque and tartar from your teeth below the gumline. Since the disease is beneath your gum line, your dental team cannot see the root surfaces during this cleaning. This is a primary reason advanced stages of gum disease often need gum surgery to deliver successful results.

The Periscope Can Replace Periodontal Surgery in Many Cases

Perioscopy is no more invasive than traditional deep cleaning, which includes the scaling and smoothing of the surface of the root. A local anesthetic is applied to eliminate any discomfort, and the procedure usually takes from one to two hours to complete.

Since the periscope now gives your dental team magnified views of the specific area that needs treatment, gum flap surgery can now be avoided. Flap surgery creates a surgical opening that provides a clear view of, and access to, the area that is being treated.

To remove tartar and calculus effectively and successfully, it is tremendously beneficial to have a clear view of the specific area. The periscope provides your dental team with a live view with illuminated and magnified images, up to forty-five times, on a monitor, which they then can use to guide their precise and thorough removal of the tartar and calculus.

By using tiny microsurgical instruments, they can now safely reach the deeper areas and gently remove the sole source of the gum disease.

Removing the calculus results in a smooth surface on the tooth root. It is now difficult for bacteria to adhere to these new smooth surfaces, so your gums will quickly regenerate and recover without any further irritation. The gum tissue naturally shrinks, tightens, and reattaches to your teeth to continue to play its protective role.

The results achieved with the perioscope are more effective and successful than traditional gum surgery or even laser-assisted gum disease treatment. With the addition of the perioscope, your dentist can see the roots during the cleaning of them and the surrounding infected tissues.

Perioscopy is non-invasive, effective, successful, and even more economical than traditional gum surgery. Your treatment can be achieved on a single visit. The only follow-up necessary is your next checkup and cleaning in six months, to ensure that the revived tissue stays healthy.