Having healthy teeth gums is important if you want to have a beautiful smile, a healthy mouth, and overall good health. In fact, the medical community now recognizes that gum disease threatens more than just the life of your teeth, it may actually threaten your very life. Mounting scientific research has uncovered links between gum disease and these life-threatening conditions: oral cancer, heart disease, diabetes, respiratory ailments and pre-term, low-birth weight babies.
Our hygiene team is equipped with training in the most modern methodology of dental hygiene. Gone are the old school days of scraping and bleeding gums during your hygiene visit. At Whitmore Dental you have access to the latest procedures and technology to care for your gums comfortably.
Gum infections can now be treated with Dental Lasers instead of having more invasive therapy such as gum surgery. In the hands of our trained hygienists this technology becomes a very powerful instrument in the quest for oral health and overall well being.
The advent of soft tissue dental lasers has enhanced the long-standing standard of care for treating periodontal disease. Lasers use concentrated light energy to destroy the bacterial pathogens responsible for gingivitis and periodontal disease. After a thorough cleaning of diseased teeth and gums, the laser is used to reduce the level of bacterial infection present. It also simultaneously seals the nerve endings in the treated areas, which makes the healing period virtually painless All of this harmonizes to achieve the greatest healing possible with optimal patient comfort and without any surgical intervention.
