Treatment Options for Gum Disease

January 24, 2016 - By Bruce Michaelson
Treatment Options for Gum Disease

Periodontal gum disease is a serious illness that not only affects the oral cavity and teeth but has the potential to gradually progress and affect the entire body. The bacteria that causes the disease is present in the mouth and may gain access to the blood supply; allowing it to spread throughout the body and affect different organs and body parts. The bacteria can cause cardiovascular diseases and heart problems if it gains access to the heart and surrounding blood vessels, and respiratory infection if it reaches the lungs.

Prevention and Early Diagnosis

If every person takes regular dental care measures to ensure their dental hygiene then the chances of encountering this disease can be substantially reduced. Besides this, even if the symptoms begin to show up it is crucial that patients visit a dental clinic in Dubai immediately! Because an early diagnosis means greater chances of a full recovery and also minimize patient suffering.

Treatment Options

Gum disease involves the inflammation of the gums; this weakens its structure and eventually affects the tooth’s bone, which is holding it in its place. This causes the loosening of the tooth from its place and even complete tooth loss in patients.

The occurrence of this disease has increased at an alarming rate over the years. And with medical and dental outcomes being so disastrous, medical practitioners have been forced to develop methods and techniques to overcome this disease.

The Conventional Route of Treatment

  • Scaling and Root Planing
    This is a nonsurgical treatment procedure that involves deep and thorough cleaning of the tooth and its root.  The tooth’s surface, the periodontal pockets (where the bacteria may hide) is cleaned to remove plaque and tartar. And the tooth’s root is cleaned and smoothened to remove all bacterial toxins. Although effective, patients have to undergo continuous maintenance therapy to maintain their dental health and prevent the disease from recurring.
  • Traditional Gum Surgery
    Patients who have a more severe case of the disease may be advised surgical treatment. Traditional surgery involves the surgeon to use a scalpel, sutures and grafts. To clear away the bacteria and plaque from pocket sites where the bacteria may reside and restore the gum tissue back in its position, when the procedure is completed. Because this procedure makes use of a scalpel, patients have to go under anaesthesia and the healing time can be painful with complications like bleeding and swelling being common occurrences. However, overall this is an effective surgical treatment option.
  • Laser Gum Surgery
    Despite being effective, traditional surgery makes use of an invasive approach for treatment that prolongs the time needed for healing and induces greater pain in patients, which is why laser gum surgery in Dubai has been introduced as a viable alternative. This procedure makes use of a highly specialized laser that removes the bacteria from the mouth with greater precision and accuracy, without making any cuts, or leaving any marks to look back at. Patients do not have to go under anaesthesia and the healing time is also reduced.
[:zh]牙周牙龈疾病是严重的疾病,它不仅影响口腔和牙齿,也有潜力逐渐发展影响整个身体。导致疾病的细菌在嘴里,可能获得进入血液供应的途径;允许其在整个身体里传播,影响不同器官和身体部分。如果抵达心脏和周围血管,细菌可以导致心血管疾病和心脏问题,如果抵达肺部,细菌可以导致呼吸道感染。

预防和早期诊断

如果每个人都采取定期牙科护理措施确保其口腔卫生,可以大量减少遇到这种疾病的机会。除了这个,即使症状开始出现,病人立即访问迪拜的牙科诊所是必要的! 因为早期诊断意味着完全恢复更大的机会,也最小化病人的痛苦。

治疗选项

牙龈疾病涉及牙龈炎症;这弱化其结构,最后影响固定牙齿的牙骨。这导致病人牙齿松动和伸直牙齿完全脱落。

这种疾病的发生多年以来以惊人的速度增长。医疗和牙科结果如此灾难性,医疗实践者被迫开发方法和技巧攻克此疾病。

传统治疗路线

  • 刮牙术和根面平整术
    这是涉及牙齿及其根部深层完全清洁的非外科治疗程序。 牙齿的表面,牙周袋(细菌可能隐藏的地方)被清洁以去除蚀斑和牙垢。牙根被清洁和平滑以去除所有细菌毒素。尽管有效,病人必须进行连续的维持治疗以维持其口腔卫生并防止疾病复发。
  • 传统牙龈外科学
    该疾病情况严重的病人可能被建议外科治疗。传统外科手术涉及外科医生使用手术刀、缝合线和移植物。清除细菌可能栖息的牙周袋的细菌和蚀斑,恢复牙龈组织,在程序完成时。因为此程序利用手术刀,病人必须麻醉,愈合时间是痛苦的,出血和肿胀这样的并发症普遍发生。但是,总体而言,这是有效的外科治疗选项。
  • 激光牙龈外科学
    尽管有效,传统外科手术利用创技术治疗,这延长愈合需要的时间,诱发病人更大的痛苦,这是为什么在迪拜引进激光牙龈外科手术作为可执行办法的原因。此程序利用高度专业的激光,以更大的精度和准确性去处嘴里的细菌,不用做出任何切口或留下任何标记以回顾。病人不必麻醉,愈合时间也减少。
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