Archive for February, 2014

PERIODONTAL POCKET REDUCTION PROCEDURES Your bone and gum tissue should fit snugly around your teeth like a turtleneck around your neck. When you have periodontal disease, this supporting tissue and bone is destroyed, forming “pockets” around the teeth. Over time, these pockets become deeper, providing a larger space for bacteria to live. As bacteria develop […]

ARE YOU A CANDIDATE FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS? The ideal candidate for a dental implant is in good general and oral health. Adequate bone in your jaw is needed to support the implant, and the best candidates have healthy gum tissues that are free of periodontal disease. Dental implants are intimately connected with the gum tissues […]

One out of every two American adults aged 30 and over has periodontal disease, according to recent findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A study titledPrevalence of Periodontitis in Adults in the United States: 2009 and 2010estimates that 47.2 percent, or 64.7 million American adults, have mild, moderate or severe periodontitis, […]

Sometimes after teeth are extracted, people lose bone in the posterior upper jaw below the sinus. This results in limited available bone for placement of dental implants as a means of tooth replacement. In order to now place dental implants in the back of the upper jaw, a bone graft procedure called a “sinus lift” […]

When you break a tooth, you may notice a gum boil (looks like a pimple on the gum). This is an indication that something is wrong with the bone and roots of the tooth. Most likely, the tooth has a root canal and even a post inside which could have led to a tooth crack […]

One of the most common treatments we perform in the office is tooth extraction, bone regeneration and dental implants. The reason this procedure needs to be performed has to do with the fact that when teeth break beyond the point of repair, they must be removed. In order to replace teeth, patients have the following […]

So you lost your teeth and you are stuck wearing a denture. Now what are your options? Well, if you are missing, say, all your upper or lower teeth, you basically have THREE options: Option 1- An REMOVABLE acrylic denture that clicks into three to four dental implants Option 2- A FIXED acrylic denture that […]

Treating gum disease is important because there are various complications which can arise throughout the body if this disease is left untreated. There is a strong relationship between gum disease and: 1. Low-weight pre-term babies 2. Diabetes 3. Heart disease and stroke 4. Alzheimer’s 5. Arthritis 6. Lung disease By seeing a specialist in gum […]