Our team wants to help boost your overall periodontal health, taking steps to prevent or manage gum disease and help you avoid tooth loss. With healthy gums, you can enjoy a full and beautiful smile for years to come. In today’s blog, Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA, talks about how we help your periodontal health.
The Threats to Your Periodontal Health
What could threaten your periodontal health? Well, when you consume foods and drinks with lots of sugar, these can feed bacteria and lead to plaque and tartar buildup, lasers that inflame the gums to cause disease. Poor brushing and flossing habits and infrequent visits for cleanings can also help lead to irritation and disease. Inflammatory illness like diabetes could leave you more vulnerable to the disease, as could a family story of poor gum health or even the use of certain medications. To ensure you enjoy good gum health and avoid long-term complications like tooth loss, we want to see you when you notice sore, red, and bleeding gums.
Deep Cleanings
With a deep cleaning, we can make the issue manageable with routine preventive care at home and with visits to our office every three to four months for a traditional cleaning. The deep cleaning involves using an ultrasonic scaling device, which emits gentle vibrations to remove plaque and tartar from the teeth and exposed roots. We then remove buildup from beneath the gums and try to destroy pockets of harmful bacteria. The process could take one visit or as many as four, it all depends on the severity of your layers. We then polish the teeth to make it more difficult for plaque and tartar to build up before we see you again.
Better Homecare
You can also take steps to home to better protect your gum health and keep disease at bay or under control. For example, take time to brush your teeth twice a day for two minutes and to floss every evening before you go to bed. Try to limit how much sugar and starch are in your diet, and avoid tobacco products. Be sure you see our team for a checkup and cleaning every three to four months too if prescribed by our team.
If you have any questions about how we improve your overall periodontal health and keep your gums strong, then contact our team today to learn more. You deserve a beautiful smile, one that is healthy and functions properly, staying full for years to come.
Dental Impressions Boosts Your Periodontal Health
Our team wants to help your gums stay healthy and free of the advanced stages of disease linked to tooth loss. To schedule an appointment and keep your smiles full, then call Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA today at (515) 965-0230.
