Periodontal Disease

00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:07.380 Periodontal disease is the disease of the gum tissue 00:00:07.463 --> 00:00:10.417 and bone supporting the teeth holding the teeth in. 00:00:10.500 --> 00:00:13.792 What causes it is a combination of bacteria, 00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:17.500 and that bacteria thrives on food that's left in the mouth, 00:00:17.583 --> 00:00:20.417 that's not cleaned out, that gets underneath the gums, 00:00:20.500 --> 00:00:21.792 hardens onto the teeth, 00:00:21.880 --> 00:00:25.542 and creates a living environment for that bacteria to thrive. 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:28.208 It makes the gums red, puffy. 00:00:28.400 --> 00:00:30.917 They'll bleed when you brush them or touch them. 00:00:31.080 --> 00:00:34.557 When that gum tissue has been diseased for a prolonged period of time, 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:37.583 the bone that holds the tooth in starts to go away, 00:00:37.917 --> 00:00:39.958 and food gets down deeper. 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:43.677 It gets the deeper tissue infected, and more bone goes away. 00:00:43.760 --> 00:00:46.288 Slowly, the bone goes all the way away, 00:00:46.371 --> 00:00:49.877 and the teeth become mobile and can fall out, 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:52.458 is the end result of periodontal disease. 00:00:52.542 --> 00:00:54.833 There's multiple types of periodontal therapy. 00:00:54.917 --> 00:00:58.375 Depending on the severity of the disease, 00:00:58.458 --> 00:01:01.458 the simple solution would be to clean 00:01:01.649 --> 00:01:05.000 the hardened food debris, calculus, off the teeth 00:01:05.083 --> 00:01:08.277 and go through with the laser to eliminate the bacteria 00:01:08.360 --> 00:01:09.957 that are causing the disease. 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:15.837 The next step would be to do gum surgery if the disease has progressed further. 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:18.583 At our office, we do a more modern technique 00:01:18.667 --> 00:01:21.333 with a laser that's less invasive, 00:01:21.417 --> 00:01:25.750 and we just selectively remove the tiniest layer of diseased tissue, 00:01:25.833 --> 00:01:31.583 and we stimulate new bone growth and new tissue attachment with the laser. 00:01:31.708 --> 00:01:33.958 Most patients don't need surgery. 00:01:34.160 --> 00:01:36.542 The sooner you stop the disease, 00:01:36.625 --> 00:01:39.160 the less likely you are that you'll need surgery. 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:43.875 The recovery time with the noninvasive laser gum surgery 00:01:43.958 --> 00:01:45.237 is very minimal. 00:01:45.320 --> 00:01:46.708 A week to two weeks. 00:01:46.880 --> 00:01:49.417 Most people feel very little discomfort at all. 00:01:49.500 --> 00:01:53.167 The regeneration of bone tissue and gum tissue does occur 00:01:53.250 --> 00:01:58.667 over the next year from the surgery, so you'll get added health benefits 00:01:58.760 --> 00:02:02.000 throughout the next year from the procedure.