Periodontal Disease Treatment

Why are the common methods of gum disease treatment flawed?
The corner stone of conventional gum disease treatment has always been to reduce the number of total bacteria in the patient’s mouth. The patient is taught to brush better, to floss better, and to get their teeth professionally cleaned every 3 to four months. Again this method of gum disease treatment basically reduces the amount of total bacteria in the mouth. It does nothing to address the specific harmful bacteria that cause the infection.

If this method fails then a conventional therapy will call for the mechanical removal of the plaque and the tartar through professional cleaning (often called “deep cleaning” or scaling and root planning). This only reduces the tartar and the total bacteria, but does not completely eliminate the harmful bacteria because they are not being singled out. So the body gets an upper hand for a while, until the harmful bacteria reorganize, re-proliferate and re-invade.

Another traditional and often used method for gum disease treatment is gum surgery. Gum surgery accomplishes a few goals; it allows for better access to the root surfaces of the teeth so that the plaque and the tartar can be seen better and removed better. It also allows for surgical reduction of the “pockets” around the teeth. The idea behind pocket reduction is that you give the bacteria less hiding places to cause their damage. Gum surgery also allows for regenerative procedures to re-grow the lost bone around the teeth.

While the intention behind gum surgery for gum disease treatment is good, if it is done without regard to the exact type of bacteria we are fighting it too will fail over time. Again these harmful bacteria are very crafty at hiding and attacking when the body is slightly weak.

Introducing Periodontal Microtherapy™
At Beverly Hills Periodontics, we have the right solution to gum disease treatment, through Periodontal Microtherapy.

Periodontal Microtherapy is a tailor made treatment that involves several very precise steps that allows for the elimination of the harmful gum disease causing bacteria that are present in your mouth. The idea is to treat this infection by eliminating the exact bacteria that are causing it, and not by blind faith.

To tailor the gum disease treatment we first analyze a sample of the bacteria in your mouth to identify the exact bacteria that are causing your gum disease through DNA testing and anaerobic culturing. Once we have identified the Bacteria then we check their susceptibility to different antibiotics and then choose the exact combination of antibiotics that are effective for eliminating the bacteria.

But remember just taking the antibiotics will not eliminate these bacteria. We need to eliminate the tartar, and also disrupt their protective biofilm. We have a precise method for accomplishing the above in an easy and painless way.

We use a special instrument for removing the tartar with gentle ultrasonic sound waves, and we disrupt the biofilm with a special rinse that is extremely effective and safe. Then we apply a special disinfectant to the roots of the teeth, and all the other hiding places of the bacteria. We will then prescribe appropriate antibiotics to eliminate the rest of the bacteria. Once the tartar is removed, and the biofilm is disrupted, the bacteria are easy pickings for the disinfectant, and the antibiotics.

We then give you an easy to follow home care instructions that will keep you from getting re-infected with these bacteria. Sometimes we choose to do another analysis of the bacteria in the mouth to make sure that we have eliminated the harmful bacteria.

We have found that this regimen for gum disease treatment is extremely conservative, and successful in treating periodontal infections and disease. It is the precise application of science for treating a disease that has been menacing mankind for thousands of years. While most other doctors are trying their honest best to provide gum disease treatement, they fight a see-saw battle that can be at times too aggressive and mostly ineffective.

Most doctors treat their patients based on what they learned in dental school, and the continuing education classes they attend thereafter. Unfortunately the training at all dental schools are not identical. What is worse is that schools usually teach the conventional way of treating gum disease.

Some schools are very conservative, and teach their students that gum disease treatment can only be performed by cleaning and scraping the teeth repeatedly, while other schools are very aggressive, and preach treatment through aggressive periodontal surgery. The correct approach is to treat you the patient based on your specific problems, and your specific bacteria. You cannot have a cookie cutter approach to treating patients all the same way.

A lack of gum disease treatement can have severe consequences; it will destroy the bone support around your teeth, which will result in loss of your teeth, it will result in persistent bad breath and there is also a lot of evidence that links gum disease to heart disease and other body illnesses. Diabetics and pregnant ladies are particularly affected by gum disease.

Gum disease is almost always painless, and don’t let the lack of pain prevent you form taking action to seek gum disease treatment. Periodontal Microtherapy allows for safe, effective, and painless treatment of gum disease.

For more information on gum disease treatment or to set up an appointment, please contact us for a consultation.

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