LANAP Dentistry: A Better Way to Treat Your Gums

If you are suffering from gum disease, LANAP dentistry is an excellent way to treat the condition. As a dentist, we use modern and innovative solutions to treat our patients and to solve their oral health problems. You could continue visiting a dentist that only uses traditional dental tools but that would be like typing a letter on an old typewriter instead of sending an email. Technology makes things better and easier.  It’s that simple.

LANAP Dentistry is the Solution You Have Been Looking for

If you have gum disease but also have dental anxiety or are fearful of having your gums cut open, you are like many people that simply avoid treating their teeth and gums for fear of how it may feel or how the treatment will go. We understand. The gums are sensitive and no one wants to have them cut into or pulled back for a cleaning. Essentially any treatment that irritates the gums will be uncomfortable, regardless of how good your dentist is. With that reality in mind, it is equally important to acknowledge that there is a solution.

With LANAP there is –

    No Cutting
    No Sutures
    More Comfort
    Fast Recovery Times

Old vs. New – The Process

If you have gum disease, you can schedule an appointment for a deep cleaning or root planing procedure with your family dentist. Using traditional dental tools, your gums will need to be pulled back so that the plaque and tartar under them can be scraped away. Naturally, this is going to be incredibly uncomfortable and while you will be under anesthesia for the actual procedure, you will feel the results of the deep cleaning for days. The good news is that you do not have to experience any discomfort by simply switching to a modern solution. With LANAP dentistry, we are using lasers to remove the built up plaque and tartar. This subtle and gentle approach allows us to eliminate the irritants without irritating your infected gums even further. In fact, you may feel nothing at all.

Signs That You Could Benefit From LANAP

It is important to watch for signs of gum disease because this is a leading cause of adult tooth loss. The early stages of gum disease (Gingivitis) can be somewhat uncomfortable but not severely so. This leads many people to simply ignore the problem and to avoid visiting the dentist. Unfortunately, regardless of how inconvenient it seemed, life does catch up with you and so does gum disease. As the condition worsens you could experience additional decay, loose teeth, bleeding and swollen gums, painfully irritated gums and even gum recession.  All of these are common issues and easy to detect. If you do, call our office and schedule an appointment so that we can examine you right away and provide the treatment you need to get on the road to better oral health. In this situation, time is of the essence to ensure that your teeth do not become infected, so call right away.