Laser Gum Correction

What is Laser Gum Correction?

Laser gum correction is an alternative treatment to traditional gum surgery without the cutting and stitching required in older treatment methods.

Treatment for gum disease aims to remove calculus (tartar) and bacterial plaque from under the gum line. In its early stages, gum problems can often be treated with scaling and root planing which is essentially a deep cleaning under the gum line after numbing the teeth and gums.

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Laser treatment vs. Traditional gum surgery

Laser Gum Therapy

No scalpel or cutting of gum.
No stitching required.
Bleeding after treatment uncommon.
Preserves gum between teeth.
Gum recession usually minimal.
Back to regular activities same day.

Traditional Gum Surgery

Cutting and removal of gum tissue.
Many stitches usually needed.
Post-operative bleeding common.
Often leaves large spaces between teeth.
Often causes gum recession.
Recovery can take a long time.

How laser gum treatment works.

Save your teeth – treat gum disease!

Dr. Abhijit Kathpal will take you through the laser gum treatment process, step-by-step.

Learn how you can prevent additional gum recession and bone loss, improve your breath, reduce risks to your overall health, and save your teeth.

How much bone loss do you have?

Your teeth are held in by healthy bone. When gum disease destroys the gum and bone that supports your teeth, the gum becomes inflamed, and eventually, your teeth start to slowly loosen.

Dr. Abhijit Kathpal examines your dental x-rays and gently measures the gum and bone loss around your teeth to determine the best way to save your teeth.

Your pockets and gum disease.

Gum disease causes gum “pockets” to form around your teeth. Deeper pockets, and deeper measurements, are signs of more severe gum disease.

Larger numbers on the chart mean you have lost more of the bone that holds your teeth in place. Without treatment, these teeth will silently become loose, and eventually, fall out or become infected.

Your teeth are gently cleaned.

Finally, some good news about gum treatment – it can be very comfortable! Once Dr. Ressler applies local anesthetic, patients typically feel the very little sensation as their teeth are cleaned using high-tech water-based piezo instruments.

After the teeth are numbed, most patients become very relaxed throughout the entire laser session.

The disease starts under your gumline.

Calculus and tartar deposits contain giant clumps of harmful bacteria that firmly stick to the roots of your teeth.

Dr. Abhijit Kathpal uses a surgical operating microscope to guide instruments under the gum line to clean out the deposits and encourage regeneration of lost bone.

Energized water flushes germs.

New technologies allow cleaning with less noise and vibration, making your experience of getting gum disease treated even more comfortable.

The instruments generate a stream of warm water and air bubbles that helps destroy harmful germs and flush away bacterial deposits removed from the roots of your teeth.

Laser energy cleans the gum tissue.

Dr. Abhijit Kathpal uses two types of laser to treat gum disease. The first laser (Nd: YAG) painlessly vaporizes the diseased lining of infected gum tissue.

This results in the destruction of germs that cause gum disease and prepares the gum tissue for reattachment to the roots of your teeth.

The laser removes tartar from gum pockets.

Dr. Abhijit Kathpal then uses a second water-cooled laser (Erbium laser) to clean and detoxify the teeth roots. Removal of bacteria from under the gum line is aimed at stopping bone loss and saving teeth.

Dr. Abhijit Kathpal also uses the Erbium laser to save failing or infected dental implants that have lost their supporting bone.

Enjoy healthier teeth and gums.

Untreated gum disease has been linked to heart attack, stroke, diabetes, certain types of cancers, and other systemic diseases as we age.

A clean mouth may not only save your teeth but improve your overall health and extend your life.