Dentist - Tempe, AZ
Periodontal Maintenance in Tempe
The staff is wonderful, they actually care about their clients and are always looking for ways to work with your budget and schedule. When you walk in, the front desk is friendly and always greets you with smiles. The Tempe dentists are professional and good at their work but also friendly and talkative.
- Joseph Hernandez
5.0
What is Periodontal Maintenance?
A three month periodontal maintenance visit is critically timed to disrupt the bacteria in pockets greater than 4 millimeters in order to disable the destructive process at its critical stage. This critical stage is when the bacteria and their poisons do the most harm to the supporting structures namely the periodontal attachment.
If you have periodontal disease, you may require root planing to remove disease deposits from the roots of your teeth. Other treatment, including antibiotics or surgery, may be required. After the disease process is under control, a regular cleaning is not appropriate anymore. In the care provided by a Tempe dentist, AZ, special and continuous gum and bone care procedures will be necessary, also known as periodontal maintenance to keep your mouth healthy. Three months after treatment the bacteria that causes periodontal disease re‐establishes.
Following root planing, you can expect to notice less redness, less bleeding and less swelling of your gum tissue. Your mouth will taste better and feel better. Home care eliminating the bacteria on a daily basis, Fluoride toothpaste and continuing on a three or four month periodontal maintenance will keep your gums healthy.
- Gum and bone examination (periodontal probing around each tooth to check for bone loss);
- Review of home care;
- Isolated scaling and root planing, as needed;
- Placing Arestin (antibiotic), as needed;
- Gums and pocket irrigation with medicine, as needed;
- Polishing of teeth as needed.
Typically, an interval of three or four months between appointments is effective. As in many other chronic conditions, successful long‐term control of the disease and prevention of tooth loss depends on continual and possibly lifetime maintenance. Our goal is to get you back on a healthy six month maintenance program.
