Treatment For Gum Disease
You can’t have a healthy mouth without healthy gums. Sadly, 75% of Americans have some form of periodontal (gum) disease. If your gums bleed when you floss (and you do floss – don’t you??), you have gum disease. Let me ask you this: what other part of your body that bled when touched, would you NOT be concerned about. Well, you need to be concerned about gum disease, because it is an INFECTION that causes the destruction of the bone that supports your teeth. Fortunately, our bodies are able to take care of infections relatively easily, if given the chance. Think of gum disease, like you would of a deep cut with dirt and bacteria lodged within it. The cut would get badly infected! But, what if you cleaned the cut out and disinfected the wound? Assuming that you are otherwise healthy, the area would quickly heal. The gums are no different.
It is important to clean up the gums, BUT it is also of major importance to support the bodies immune and regenerative systems. Our job is to remove the deposits and toxins that have accumulated on the root surfaces (root planning & scaling) and to kill the bacteria in the pockets (herbal anti-microbial irrigation). We then educate you about proper oral hygiene procedures, as well as prescribe for you a specific regimen of hygiene and nutritional protocols. We can only create the conditions for your mouth to return to health, it is up to YOU to do the rest. Remember; gum disease cannot be cured, it can only be controlled. Sometimes people laugh, when I tell them that bacteria do not cause disease. Think about it, when do most people get sick? It’s not when the temperature outside is 95 and all those little bugs have ideal conditions for frolicking about.
No, it’s when the weather gets nasty, during the holidays, or when you are traveling. In other words, it’s when your IMMUNE SYSTEM is compromised. It’s not the bugs – its how your body is able to handle the bugs. If we were to ignore the condition of your body, we would simply be treating the SYMPTOMS, instead of the CAUSE. Unfortunately, treating symptoms is very profitable for today’s medical & dental profession, not to mention the pharmaceuticals companies. Our goal is to get you healthy, and to TEACH you to stay that way. That’s what being a DOCTOR is all about.
