Protect the foundation of your smile with comprehensive gum disease treatment that preserves your teeth and supports your overall health.
Healthy gums form the essential foundation that supports your teeth and overall oral health. At Borges Brothers Dental, our periodontal dentistry services in St. Augustine focus on preventing, diagnosing, and treating gum disease at every stage, from early gingivitis to advanced periodontitis. Using proven techniques and modern technology, we protect your gums, prevent tooth loss, and address the systemic health implications of periodontal disease.
Periodontal disease affects millions of Americans and remains one of the leading causes of adult tooth loss, yet it’s often painless in early stages and goes unnoticed without professional examination. Our comprehensive approach identifies gum disease early when treatment is simplest, provides effective therapies to control infection and inflammation, and helps you maintain healthy gums through ongoing preventative care that protects both your oral health and your investment in your smile.
Prevent Tooth Loss Treating gum disease stops the bone loss and tissue destruction that eventually leads to loose teeth and tooth loss, helping you keep your natural teeth for life through proactive periodontal care.
Improve Overall Health Research links gum disease to serious health conditions including heart disease, diabetes complications, respiratory problems, and pregnancy complications. Treating periodontal issues protects your total body wellness, not just your mouth.
Eliminate Bad Breath Gum disease often causes persistent bad breath that brushing and mouthwash can’t eliminate. Treating the underlying infection and inflammation addresses the root cause of halitosis and restores fresh breath.
Reduce Inflammation and Bleeding Effective periodontal treatment eliminates the chronic inflammation, bleeding during brushing or flossing, and tender or swollen gums that characterize gum disease, restoring comfort and healthy tissue.
Protect Your Dental Investments Whether you have crowns, bridges, or implants, healthy gums are essential for their long-term success. Periodontal care protects your investment in dental work and prevents complications.
Stop Disease Progression Early intervention prevents gingivitis from progressing to more serious periodontitis, avoiding the extensive bone loss, gum recession, and eventual tooth loss that occurs when gum disease advances untreated.
Step 1: Comprehensive Periodontal Evaluation We’ll examine your gums carefully, measure pocket depths around each tooth, assess bone levels through X-rays, and evaluate your risk factors to determine the stage and severity of any gum disease present.
Step 2: Customized Treatment Planning Based on our findings, we’ll explain your periodontal condition clearly, discuss appropriate treatment options ranging from deep cleanings to more advanced therapies, and create a personalized plan to restore gum health.
Step 3: Deep Cleaning Treatment (Scaling and Root Planing) For gum disease beyond early gingivitis, we’ll perform thorough deep cleaning below the gumline to remove bacterial deposits, smooth root surfaces to promote healing, and eliminate infection that’s damaging your gums and bone.
Step 4: Ongoing Maintenance and Monitoring After treating active disease, you’ll need more frequent professional cleanings (typically every 3-4 months) to maintain gum health and prevent disease recurrence, with careful monitoring to catch any problems early.
Step 5: Home Care Education and Support We’ll teach you proper brushing and flossing techniques specifically for periodontal maintenance, recommend helpful products, and provide ongoing support to ensure your home care effectively protects your newly restored gum health.
Our friendly team is here to help with anything you need — from insurance questions to treatment details.
Gum disease is a bacterial infection of the tissues supporting your teeth, caused primarily by plaque buildup that hardens into tartar below the gumline. Risk factors include poor oral hygiene, smoking, diabetes, certain medications, genetics, stress, and hormonal changes. Without treatment, it progressively destroys gum tissue and bone.
Early signs include red, swollen, or tender gums, bleeding during brushing or flossing, persistent bad breath, receding gums that make teeth look longer, and gum sensitivity. Advanced disease causes loose teeth, painful chewing, pus between teeth and gums, and changes in bite alignment. Some patients experience no pain even with significant disease.
Gingivitis is early-stage gum disease affecting only the gum tissue, with inflammation and bleeding but no bone loss—it’s completely reversible with proper treatment and care. Periodontitis is advanced disease that has damaged the bone supporting your teeth, causing irreversible bone loss that can lead to tooth loss if not controlled.
Scaling and root planing is a deep cleaning procedure that removes bacterial deposits from below the gumline and smooths rough root surfaces where bacteria accumulate. Performed under local anesthesia, it eliminates infection, allows gums to heal and reattach to teeth, and is the primary treatment for moderate gum disease.
Patients who have been treated for gum disease typically need professional cleanings every 3-4 months rather than the standard six months, as periodontal bacteria can recolonize within this timeframe. This frequent schedule is essential for preventing disease recurrence and maintaining the health you’ve regained through treatment.
While gingivitis can be completely reversed, advanced periodontitis cannot be cured—however, it can be controlled and stabilized with proper treatment and ongoing maintenance. The goal is stopping disease progression, maintaining the bone support you have left, and preventing tooth loss through careful management over your lifetime.
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Schedule your periodontal evaluation today and take the first step toward healthy gums that protect your teeth and support your overall wellness.