Periodontal Disease Is Insidious

We absolutely love this quote from Dr. Robert Holt of the Florida Institute for Periodontics & Dental Implants.

“Periodontal disease is insidious.”

In an article in Health News Digest, Dr. Holt goes on to say, “Many people suffer no discomfort in the early stages or ignore the red, swollen gums and bleeding that signal a problem. By the time they seek treatment, they often have advanced disease with bone loss so severe and teeth so loose that the teeth cannot be saved.”

Insidious is the correct term. Gum disease jumps quickly to full blow periodontal disease quickly and…sneakily.

The article goes on to talk about gum disease treatment through laser gum surgery, a service that we offer our patients in our Fort Lauderdale, Deerfield Beach and Stuart Florida offices.

For many patients with periodontal disease, scaling and root planing treatment is not enough therapy and conventional cutting and suture surgery is too much treatment.

Laser surgery provides a much improved methods for saving teeth with advanced periodontal disease for those patients who want to save their teeth but do not want or are not good candidates for conventional surgery.

We can now sometimes save teeth that we would have extracted in the past. For most patients, laser surgery provides a realistic alternative with comparable results. Plus, there is very little discomfort with the procedure which is very important to our patients!

Searching for a periodontist? Let’s chat.

If you have questions for a periodontist – please contact our offices. We’d be happy to talk more with you!

Deerfield Beach office: (954) 427-5700