Periodontal Treatment With Perioscopy - FAQs
What's so bad about periodontal disease, anyway?
Periodontal disease is a serious, bacterial infection that can cause gum, bone and tooth loss. Unfortunately, because it is a chronic, painless condition, you may not even know that you have it until it is in an advanced stage!
Many recent studies have suggested that the periodontal bacterial infection circulates throughout your body and may contribute to other health problems such as diabetes, heart and lung disease, stroke, cancer, and even premature births.
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Why is RPE (Regenerative Periodontal Endoscopy) and Perioscopy a better method than surgery for treating Periodontal Disease?
There are several reasons why RPE or Perioscopy may be a better alternative for you:
- Effectiveness - using the dental endoscope, skilled clinicians are able to see below the gum line to find and treat areas of plaque and calculus that would go undetected in traditional treatment methods. RPE - Regenerative Periodontal Endoscopy - is a unique and very specific protocol aimed at arresting disease and regenerating lost bone around the teeth.
- Freedom from pain - because the instruments are so tiny and so accurate, Perioscopy treatments are almost completely painless.
- Cost - RPE and Perioscopy usually cost much less than periodontal surgery - the real savings is in prevention of tooth loss and the enormous costs associated with tooth replacement.
- Cosmetics - Perioscopy and RPE treatments do not cause the gum disfigurement that sometimes results from osseous periodontal surgery.
- Prevention - undiagnosed dental problems-such as decay or failing restorations-can be detected early with Perioscopy, and treated definitively before they become large problems.
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How many appointments will treatments take?
RPE - Regenerative Periodontal Endoscopy or Perioscopy can be completed in one appointment, lasting one to four hours.
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