Periodontal Surgery For Gum Infection

Permanent damage resulting from periodontitis often can often be repaired using corrective periodontal surgery. Also done a section of the month at a time using local anesthesia or general anesthesia, the damaged gum and bone is reshaped around the tooth in order to close off any remaining gaps or pockets that still remain and would otherwise trap disease causing plaque allowing for further disease progression. If you have periodontal disease, and you want to keep away from gum infection and save your teeth, it's going to require some treatment and some slight changes in lifestyle. Initially, you need to get a deep cleaning, called "scaling" or "root planning" that goes under your gum and removes all of the calculus and microbial debris from the tooth surface. This cleaning can take hours, and is usually spaced out over two to five appointments, and is done with anesthetic.