Periodontics
Your Pet Dentist provides a full range of periodontic services, including:
- Routine Dental Prophylaxis (teeth cleaning and oral health evaluation)
- Open and Closed Root Planing (deep cleaning and scaling)
- Guided Tissue Regeneration (a dental procedure that is performed to allow normal, healthy tissue to regenerate a site that at the moment, is not healthy and is void of healthy tissue and bone.)
- Bone Grafting of Periodontal Pockets (the replacement of missing bone due to periodontal disease)
- Gingivectomy/Gingivoplasty (the removal of gum tissue due to disease or malformation)
- Lateral Sliding & Apical Repositioning Flaps (grafts of gum tissue used to cover exposed roots)
- Crown Lengthening Procedures (removal of gum tissue to expose more tooth area)
- Tooth Splinting (attaching weak, loose or traumatized teeth to neighboring teeth to provide greater stability)
