Teeth and Gum Cleanings

The look and health of your gums play an important role in the overall look of your smile, breath, and overall dental health. Gum treatment can correct an uneven, discolored, or receding gum line, and treat gingivitis and gum disease.

Gum Re-contouring

Even with perfect teeth and alignment, a flawed gum line can detract significantly from the beauty of your smile:

• Excess gum tissue can make your teeth look too short
• Receding gums can make your teeth look too long and unhealthy
• An uneven gum line can make your teeth appear to be crooked
• Discolored gums can give an unhealthy look to your smile

At Premier Dental, we use the Hoya soft tissue laser in gum re-contouring procedures, correcting all of the problems your gum line is causing. Laser gum re-contouring is safer, less painful, and requires less recover time than gum treatment with a scalpel.

The laser creates less bleeding, reduced chance of infection, is more precise, and produces less swelling.

Gum Disease

Just as the look of your gums plays a large role in the overall beauty of your smile, the health of your gums is critical to good overall dental health.

In its initial stages gum disease may not seem like a serious problem, and you may not even notice it right away, or may attribute it to some other irritant. However, gum disease is not something to take lightly. Over time it can cause serious health problems. Gum disease can causes:

• Pain
• Gum loss
• Tooth loss
• Bone loss

Good oral hygiene can help prevent gum disease, but other factors can play a role in causing the problem. Once bacteria invades your gums and creates pockets, oral hygiene alone cannot get rid of the problem.

Omaha dentist, Dr. Beninato can remove this bacteria in a process called root planing. Once the bacteria are out of your gums they can heal. Then you can maintain the results with proper brushing and flossing.

If gum disease has permanently marred the look of your gums we can follow up with gum re-contouring to restore their natural beauty.

For more information on teeth and gum cleanings, contact Premier Dental serving Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska.