Periodontics - Leander, TX
Laser Gum Treatment
Offers Gentle Solutions
Your Gums Are a
Critical Part of Your Oral Health
Gum disease, also known as periodontal disease, can make your gums swollen and painful and may cause them to bleed when you brush or floss. It can also lead to tooth loss, changes to your bite, infections, and other serious health issues.
Living with gum disease can be painful and embarrassing, but there is hope! As part of our dedication to providing the most advanced solutions to every oral health issue, Green Dentistry of Leander offers safe and effective gum disease treatment in Leander, TX, including laser periodontics. This cutting-edge, minimally invasive approach can restore oral health and your beautiful smile.
Why Choose Laser Gum Treatments?
We offer a full range of gum disease treatments so we can tailor your plan to your specific needs without the inconvenience of coordinating with a periodontist in a specialty practice. In all cases, our goal is to minimize inflammation to ensure a healthy support system to keep your teeth strong and stable.
Our state-of-the-art laser gum disease treatments are less invasive than traditional methods for surgical treatments, meaning less pain and faster healing. While our gum treatments are always performed with effective pain control, we also offer sedation dentistry if you are anxious about your procedure. If you have bleeding gums, bad breath, or gum recession, ask us about safe and comfortable gingivitis treatment in Leander, TX.
Our Periodontal Disease Treatment Options
Gingivectomy
Chronic inflammation, certain medications, and medical conditions can lead to overgrown gums. Enlarged gums affect the look of your smile and create traps where more plaque will build up, worsening your condition.
Gingivectomy reduces overgrown gums and creates the correct contours for a healthy, beautiful smile. Our laser gingivectomy process is less traumatic to the tissue and ensures faster, more comfortable healing than traditional methods.
Frenectomy
A frenectomy involves removing or modifying the small fold of tissue that connects the tongue or lips to the gums. When this band of tissue is too tight or too short, it can interfere with everyday speech and swallowing and even cause gum recession and shifting teeth due to the excess pressure of the frenum pulling on the gums.
The procedure is quick and uses laser technology. It usually heals very quickly with minimal discomfort. We often recommend a frenectomy before orthodontic treatments to remove tissue between the front teeth.
Crown Lengthening
Crown lengthening reshapes your gums to expose more of a tooth’s surface. We may do this to treat a cavity or crack at or below the gum line, reduce the depth of a periodontal pocket, improve the look of your smile, or make a periodontally-involved tooth easier to clean.
In many cases, your tooth will need a restoration such as a cavity filling or dental crown after the procedure. By performing all process phases in the same place, rather than coordinating with a periodontist in a specialty practice, we can ensure a seamless, convenient process from start to finish.
Scaling and Root Planing
Sometimes called a deep cleaning, scaling and root planing (SRP) is often the first step in effective periodontitis treatment. By completely removing buildup and debris below the gum line, we can resolve the active phase of your gum disease and provide an ideal environment for healing. This helps the gums reattach to your teeth, preventing loose and missing teeth and removing pathogens that can strain your immune system.
Gingival (Gum) Grafting
Gingival grafting is a procedure to repair receding gums. It involves adding healthy tissue from another area of the mouth to cover exposed roots or add depth to thin gums for better stability. Gum grafts help protect teeth and roots from decay and sensitivity and can also improve the appearance of your smile. Like many surgical gum disease treatments, we make getting the care you need easy without the expense of seeing a periodontist.
What Are the Benefits of Laser Gum Disease Treatments?
- Minimally invasive with less discomfort
- Faster healing times
- Precise removal of infected tissue
- Reduced risk of infection
- Promotes regeneration of healthy gum tissue
- May help relieve bad breath and foul tastes from infected gums
- Improves the look of your smile