At Face Teeth Smile in Chalfont St Peter, we screen all of our patients for periodontal disease to ensure your oral health is maintained at all times. The health of your gums can also impact on other health conditions, such as cardio-vascular disease or diabetes, so it’s important to maintain gum health.

When you visit us for your regular dental check-up, your dentist will assess your gums as well as your teeth. If necessary, a more in-depth examination for gum disease can be carried out using the state-of-the-art equipment we have on-site. This lets us take specialised x-rays to check specifically for gum disease and periodontitis. Once a diagnosis is reached, we make a periodontal treatment plan to tackle the disease. That might involve referral to our dental hygienist or our periodontal specialist.

During a hygiene session at our Chalfont St Peter practice, your gums can be thoroughly cleaned. If really deep cleaning is needed for periodontal treatment, we’ll recommend root surface debridement. This is carried out under local anaesthetic and tackles active gum disease, gingivitis and periodontitis, bleeding gums, and plaque or calculus stuck under the gums. We’ll show you how to maintain hygiene yourself and see you again in three months to ensure your gums have improved.

For more severe gum disease, our periodontal specialist can recommend advanced periodontal treatments, such as a gingival graft or guided bone regeneration. Where bone or gum has been lost due to periodontal disease, it can be rebuilt using either a synthetic graft or material from elsewhere in the mouth, such as the palate.