Gum Treatments
Caring for Your
Whole Smile
Your gums are the foundation of your smile. While we often focus on ensuring our teeth are bright, clean, and straight, gum health is just as important.
Gums create a tight seal around the roots of your teeth and the bones that support them, protecting them from bacteria and keeping them in place. Healthy gums provide balance to your smile. The perfect proportion of gum to tooth improves your smile’s appearance.
Just like your teeth, the soft tissue of your gums comes into contact with countless bacteria every day. Although entirely natural, some bacteria can harm your gums, leading to a raft of oral health problems.
The CDC is about more than your teeth, and we are on hand to help to diagnose and treat periodontal disease and deliver various smile-enhancing procedures.
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Understanding
Gum Disease
Like tooth decay, the cause of periodontal (gum) disease is plaque. Plaque comprises bacteria, saliva, and food debris and is a sticky film that coats your teeth and gums. If it’s not adequately cleaned regularly, it releases acid and calcifies to become tartar.
Plaque and tartar cause irritation to the gums, and the body’s natural response to this is inflammation and redness. Without intervention, these symptoms multiply.
Genetics, smoking, certain medications, and other health problems could increase the risk of gum disease.
Periodontal disease has two stages. Gingivitis is the milder form of gum disease; however, this can develop into more severe periodontitis.
Gingivitis
Gingivitis is mild and reversible. If you have gingivitis, you may notice sore, red gums and bad breath. You may also see small blood spots when brushing your teeth.
You can manage these symptoms through improved oral health.
Periodontitis
Left untreated, gingivitis will become periodontitis. You may experience receding gums, pus, loose teeth, and persistent bad breath at this stage. You may also notice a difference in the alignment of your bite. If caught early, we can treat periodontitis.
Treating Periodontal Disease
The method we use for treating periodontitis will vary depending on how far the disease has progressed.
Tartar forms in pockets below the gum line. The first option is to clean these pockets intensively. This treatment is more thorough than a scale and polish and is performed under an anaesthetic.
Periodontal Surgery – What to Expect
If the pockets of tartar are embedded too deep, we may need to perform a surgical procedure to get better access to the bacteria. Under anaesthetic, we’ll gently fold back your gum to remove the tartar pockets.
In some cases, we may need to smooth rougher areas of the underlying bone as bacteria can cling to this. Doing this improves the gum’s ability to reattach to the bone. Once completed, we’ll restore your gum to its original position.
Regenerative Gum Treatments
Regenerative gum treatment can promote regrowth if periodontitis has damaged tissue and bone. We’ll use bone grafts and tissue-stimulating proteins to encourage natural regeneration.
Crown Lengthening
If you have a gummy smile, we can perform a crown lengthening procedure to remove and reshape excess gum tissue. By changing your gum line, we can help expose your teeth, improving the balance of your smile.
We may also recommend this procedure if a tooth has decayed below your gum line.
Soft Tissue Grafts
Gum regression or shrinking can occur due to periodontal disease or aggressive brushing. Shrunken gums can leave your tooth roots exposed, putting them at risk.
After tackling the cause of the regression, we can perform a soft tissue graft to rebuild your gum. We’ll take healthy tissue from another part of your mouth to cover the exposed root.
Talk of the Tyne
Don’t just take our word for it listen to what our patients have to say about The CDC service.
All in a
Day’s Work
Colin’s sore gums and toothache were no match for The CDC team. He says CDC’s Darren Cannell is a fantastic dentist—and the most ethical professional ever!
Regrets?
Not me!
A botched crown made Christine self-conscious, so she turned to the Cosmetic Dental Clinic to set it right. Watch to the end to find out about Christine’s only regret about choosing The CDC!
All
Emotional
You can hear the emotion in David’s voice when he describes the feeling of losing his smile. So, what was the magic behind his stunning transformation? Another day—another success story for The CDC.
Gum Care in Newcastle and Durham
Our highly-trained and experienced team treats patients from afar at our modern Newcastle and Durham clinics.
Get in touch today to arrange an appointment and start your journey to better gum health.
Find Us in Newcastle and Durham
You’re never far from The CDC.
Find us at Old Eldon Square in Newcastle town centre or visit our Old Elvet clinic in Durham.
We’re Five-Star Rated!
Read what patients say about five-star cosmetic and restorative dentistry from The CDC team.
Alison McDonald
I was made to feel at ease throughout each appointment and after such a long time feeling self conscious I am delighted with the results.
Holly Mason
I couldn’t reccomend the cosmetic dental clinic Durham enough , especially Nigel. I visited the clinic back in October, had my consultation with Nigel. told him what i didn’t like about my teeth and he ran through all the options with me, not feeling pressured at all, he was so knowledgeable and really took his time to go through it all with me and answer all the questions i had.
Kelly Whiting
Great Service and amazing staff! Nigel and his team were super helpful and friendly and explained all the options available and how it would all work.
Jessica B
Just finished my treatment with Dr Nigel Parkash and dental nurse Lauren, extremely happy with my composite bonding. I couldn’t recommend Nigel enough for all your cosmetic dentistry needs, a true artist and perfectionist! Thank you Cosmetic Dental Clinic Durham.
Adam McVie
Great service. I had Nigel as my dentist, and he was great with working with me on my schedule as i travel a lot for work. He was very understanding, and catered the Invisalign plan to my life. Was a 9 month process, completed Invisalign, whitened and did bonding. And for the first time in my life, i actually smile with my teeth!
Cheryl Miller
Recently completed my treatment of Invisalign and whitening and couldn’t be more pleased with the results! Nigel was fantastic throughout and always answered any questions/concerns really quickly. So happy with the whole process and glad I took the plunge!