Treatments and Services

Our practice provides the entire range of periodontal and implant services, from the non surgical treatment of periodontal disease to the most sophisticated regenerative procedures designed to restore both soft and hard tissues that have been lost. We pride ourselves on the fact that we are very conservative in our treatment recommendations and limit surgery to the areas where it is absolutely necessary. We devote much of our time and efforts to cosmetic procedures designed to enhance your smile either by themselves or in conjunction with ongoing or planned dental work. Our implant therapy is an extension of our commitment to a cosmetically based practice. We strive to place implants in such a way that the final result will look natural which often means going that extra mile to ensure a superior result.

Pocket Reduction Procedures
In periodontal disease, as bone is lost from around the teeth, pockets or spaces develop between the teeth and gums. If, after non-surgical therapy, these pockets remain, then osseous surgery by itself or in conjunction with other surgical modalities is used. This involves the elevation of the gums, smoothing out any irregularities in the bone, making sure that the root surfaces are clean and then replacing the gum tissues at a level closer to the bone. Placing the gum at this position does eliminate the pockets but does expose more tooth surface. This creates an environment that can be maintained by the patient, the dentist and the dental hygienist. However, in our practice, we try not to create gum recession in esthetically sensitive areas.

 

Guided Tissue Regeneration
These surgical procedures are designed to "regenerate" previously lost bone tissue. These techniques utilize barriers, which are inserted over the bony defects to isolate the slower healing bone from the more rapidly growing gum tissue. Some of these barriers are bio-absorbable and some require removal.

Bone Grafting
This procedure involves the use of freezed dried bone (obtained from a bone bank), the patient’s own bone, or a synthetic source of bone to help build up bone lost due to periodontal disease or trauma. This bone acts only as a scaffold for the newly developing patient’s bone. Bone grafting is often done in conjunction with guided tissue regeneration. It is used extensively with dental implant procedures to ensure a good functional and cosmetic result.

Cosmetic Periodontal Surgery

These procedures are designed to enhance your smile by reestablishing the symmetry of the gum line that has been lost, placing tissue levels at their normal position, and creating an environment that will enable your dentist to achieve an optimal restorative result for you. Many of these procedures are accomplished using periodontal plastic surgical techniques to ensure the best possible results. Because of our commitment to dental cosmetics, even our surgical techniques used to treat gum diseases are modified to help maintain dental aesthetics.

Periodontal Plastic Surgery

This refers to the highest level of sophistication in procedures designed to repair and enhance not only the smile but also the ravages of disease and trauma. They all have as their goal an end result where one can not tell that surgery was done. We aspire to reach this lofty goal. The scope of periodontal plastic surgery is broad and includes the following procedures :
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Ridge Augmentation and Preservation
When teeth are lost the bone and gum tissues in these areas begin to resorb, leaving a concavity that often does not allow for the fabrication of an esthetic restoration. Augmentation procedures help to re-establish normal form and contours. If the concavity is relatively small, gum tissue can be used to build up the area. If the defect is larger, then bone and gum tissue is used. In very large defects, it is sometimes necessary to do more than one procedure in order to achieve the desired result.

Ridge Augmentation and Preservation: Pre-Operative Ridge Augmentation and Preservation: Post-operaitve
PRE-OPERATIVE / POST-OPERATIVE