Periodontal Disease
• Clean your teeth thoroughly everyday in the morning and before bed at night to remove dental plaque.
• Receive appropriate treatment for your condition:
• Scaling
• Root planing or Periodontal surgery
The aim of root planing is to eliminate the periodontal pocket by removing the dental
plaque and calculus in the periodontal pocket and on the root surface of the tooth
so that the periodontal tissues may re-attach onto the root surface.
• Root planing
Deep scaling of the root surface of a tooth by appropriate dental instruments.
• Periodontal surgery
A gingival flap is raised to expose the root of a tooth so that root planing is
possible. This treatment is appropriate for managing very deep periodontal pockets.