Additional Periodontal Treatments - Boise & Meridian, ID
Advanced Periodontal Care for Stronger Gums and a Healthier Smile
What Is Gum Disease?
Gum disease is a chronic, progressive condition that can be painful and embarrassing. Many factors can cause gum disease, including genetics and lifestyle choices like tobacco use, but bacterial buildup is the primary cause in almost all cases. Plaque and tartar can irritate the gums, triggering inflammation that can degrade the stability of the gums, ligaments, and bone sockets that support your teeth.
Untreated gum disease is the number one cause of tooth loss in adults and increases your risks for serious medical problems like heart disease, pancreatitis, diabetes, and certain cancers. Our team at Idaho Perio specializes in diagnosing and treating gum disease in Boise and Meridian, ID, to help you regain a healthy, confident smile.
The Signs and Symptoms
of Gum Disease
- Bleeding when you brush or floss
- Red, swollen, or tender gums
- Persistent bad breath
- Foul tastes in your mouth
- Gum infection that creates pus between the gums and teeth
- Receding gums or teeth that appear longer than they used to
- Teeth that are sensitive to temperatures or pressure
- Loose or shifting teeth
- Changes to your bite
When It Comes to Your
Gum Health, Expertise Matters
As a restorative and periodontal practice, we are uniquely qualified to care for your entire smile with advanced gum care. Our periodontists have specialized training and expertise in diagnosing and treating periodontitis, gum recession, and other issues involving the bone and tissues that support your smile.
Our mission at Idaho Perio is to ensure everyone in our community can enjoy lifelong oral health! However, we also understand that many people avoid seeing a specialist because they’re worried about the cost. We’ve designed our practice to provide affordable gum disease treatments in Boise and Meridian, ID, including flexible financing solutions to make it easy to give your smile the best possible care.
Our Advanced Gum Disease Treatments
Crown lengthening is a procedure to reshape the gum and bone tissue around a tooth to expose more of the tooth structure. We frequently recommend crown lengthening when there is not enough available tooth structure to restore a tooth or as part of cosmetic improvements to create a more balanced smile. Crown lengthening can also help make a tooth easier to keep clean if there is significant bone loss due to gum disease.
A gingival graft helps restore receding gums to their normal position. It involves harvesting healthy tissue from another area and attaching it where the gums have become too thin or pulled away from the teeth. Gum grafts help to strengthen and stabilize the gums while protecting the teeth and reducing sensitivity due to recession. It can also improve the look of your smile by covering dark root surfaces uncovered by the recession.
While routine dental cleanings effectively treat early gingivitis, scaling and root planing is frequently the first step in treating more advanced periodontitis. Sometimes called a “deep cleaning,” this treatment involves thoroughly removing hardened tartar deposits above and below the gums, eliminating irritants that cause chronic inflammation. By smoothing the root surfaces, we create a healthy and clean surface for the gums to reattach, arresting periodontal disease and preventing further damage.
Frena are tissue bands connecting the lips and tongue to the gums. When the frena are too short or tight, it can interfere with your facial muscles’ normal range of motion, causing speech impediments and difficulty eating and chewing.
It can also pull on the gums, causing recession or shifting teeth. A frenectomy is a procedure to release tight frena, improving function and relieving strain on the gums.
Chronic inflammation, some medical conditions, and certain medications can cause the gums to become enlarged. This creates areas where food debris and plaque can build up, causing more inflammation and increasing your risk for tooth decay. Gingivectomy is a procedure to reduce excess gum tissue and improve the contours of your gums to improve the health and appearance of your smile.
A healthy, balanced bite is essential to good oral health. When the teeth do not evenly share the force of your bite, it creates excess strain that can damage your teeth, gums, and jaw joints. Occlusal adjustment is a technique to improve the harmony of your bite, improving comfort while preventing damage.
