The periodontics, as an area of dentistry, acts in favor of the periodontium, so to say, the gums, composed of the flesh tissue, bones and fibers in order to be fixed to the bone.
The periodontal diseases are known as gum disease and chronic periodontal disease.
The end result of this disease is tooth loss if no appropriate cure should be applied. To avoid unnecessary loss of your natural tooth, today the dental is convincingly managing these diseases in the early as well as in advanced stages.
It is important to mention the fact that next to the caries the periodontal disease is the most common oral disease. Many patients often ignore bleeding gums and tooth pain when consuming hot or cold drinks and food, but these are the actual signs of periodontal disease.
Actual triggers of periodontitis are dental plaque, lime and bacteria on the tooth surface, leading to damages on tooth enamel, which causes gingival inflammation, manifested by swelling.
If no cure is applied, it comes to an amplification of the inflammation and the so-called gingival pockets are deepened with which the clinical stage of periodontal disease is reached.
How to heal?
First of all, a regular oral hygiene should be kept at home, including the use of a dental floss. With early stage of periodontitis, a dentist should be visited to learn about all the advantages of a professional teeth cleaning, which includes the removal of plaque and lime. With teeth polishing the future development of lime and plaque on your teeth will be reduced.
If the disease is at an advanced stage, the healing process includes again the cleaning of the tooth surface, removing plaque and lime, but this goes a little deeper into the areas of the gums, root and gingival pockets.
If conservative treatment methods are not sufficient, surgical therapies are used. This includes gingivectomy, flap surgery, bone and tissue regeneration, as well as muco gingival surgery.