At the office of Nik Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, we provide personalized, state-of-the-art periodontal treatment to help every patient maintain healthy gums and a beautiful smile.
With the advent and evolution of dental lasers, periodontal procedures can now be performed with greater comfort and efficiency while offering quicker healing and recovery times. Laser periodontal therapy has revolutionized the provision of care—providing an excellent alternative to more invasive conventional surgical procedures for treating gum disease and performing cosmetic tissue procedures such as gum lifts to reduce the appearance of a gummy smile.
Laser periodontal therapy offers a safe, effective, and more comfortable approach to restoring healthy gum tissues. This advanced and innovative technology combines laser energy with water and air to precisely cut through hard or soft tissues without the noise, heat, vibration, or discomfort associated with conventional approaches to care. Since it operates without direct contact with the targeted tissues, it also helps reduce the need for local anesthesia.
Dental lasers have multiple applications in terms of periodontal care. Lasers may be used in several procedures, including the reduction of gingival pockets, the treatment of periodontitis, and the management of peri-implantitis.
As used to treat gum disease, lasers operate with the ultimate precision and can vaporize the inflamed and diseased tissue inside a periodontal pocket while leaving the surrounding healthy tissue intact. Further enhancing its therapeutic values is the fact that laser periodontal therapy also targets and kills the bacteria that cause gum disease and helps facilitate the healthy reattachment of supporting tissues to the surface of the tooth's root.
Besides offering more precise and efficient care, laser periodontal therapy reduces the discomfort associated with conventional surgical techniques involving scalpels and more invasive techniques, thereby decreasing the need for and amount of dental anesthesia. And, since dental lasers cauterize the targeted tissues as they go, there's typically less bleeding, quicker healing and recovery times, plus less post-operative swelling and scarring.
After laser periodontal treatment, the treated areas may feel tender or sensitive for a few days and exhibit minor swelling or bleeding. Our office will provide detailed post-treatment instructions and appointments for follow-up care. Although, for a short period, one should avoid strenuous activities, most patients can return to their daily routine.