Maycroft Dental Practice
Periodontal Therapy
The aim of periodontal therapy is to preserve you teeth for your whole lifetime.
Periodontal (Gum) Disease
Periodontal (Gum) disease affects both the gums and the bone that supports your teeth. Consequently, severe periodontal disease can lead to tooth mobility, teeth drifting, and eventually tooth loss.
In order to prevent periodontal disease, slow down, or stop the disease, we must do these things:
- Assess The Risk
- Fundamental Treatment Phase
- Corrective Therapy Phase
- Supportive Therapy Phase
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Assessing Risk
Following procedures and esnuring maximum safety
Initially we hope to find, and to address all modifiable risk factors associated with susceptibility to periodontal destruction.
- Smoking – we consider smoking cessation.
- Diabetes and diabetes control.
- Stress relief – and management of stress.
- Personal plaque control is the major modifiable risk factor for periodontitis.
Fundamental Treatment Phase
The fundamental aspect of periodontal therapy is the control of plaque
- Patients are instructed on how to perform optimal personal plaque control.
- All plaque retentive factors such as calculus, overhanging restorations, are removed through scaling and reshaping.
- All subgingival plaque on root surfaces is disrupted through root surface debridement. (similar to scaling).
Safety Assured
Here at Maycroft Dental Practice, we ensure that all measures of examination are carried out in order to accurately consult our patients on their best options of treatment.
Corrective Treatment Phase
Ensuring the highest success rate
In the corrective phase of periodontal therapy, the treatment approaches to be adopted depend heavily on the success in controlling plaque on a daily basis and on the response to the preceding fundamental phase of therapy.
In addition to the ‘correction’ of residual periodontal defects, this corrective phase may also entail the orthodontic repositioning of drifted teeth and the replacement, by whatever means, of missing teeth.
This phase can often be a period during which periodontal defects heal and remodel in response to fundamental therapy, and sufficient time must be allowed for the healing to be completed.
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Supportive Care Phase
Our mission is to ensure a comfortable, relaxed , and caring atmosphere.
The highest aim of supportive periodontal care is the prevention of new or recurrent periodontitis lesions. Regular recalls allow for new lesions to be caught early. Supportive periodontal care also entails the prevention and management of the sequelae of periodontal destruction, such as cervical dentine sensitivity(root sensitivity), root surface caries, tooth hypermobility.
Here at Maycroft, Danielle Tippey provides most of the periodontal care.
She is a dental hygienist and therapist. The dentists plan out the treatment, and Danielle then works to this treatment plan. The dentists will also keep a close eye on how the periodontal treatment is progressing, to ensure good health before any ‘conservative treatment’ is carried out.
As the longevity and success of these other treatments is dependent on healthy supporting tissues (gums/ alveolar bone).
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- 172 Hoylake Rd, Moreton, Wirral CH46 8TQ
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