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if a patient is diagnosed with gum diseasethere's a multitude of ways to treat this gum disease. the most typical one that a dentistwill prescribe are what's called scaling and root planing, also known as deep cleanings.the purpose of the deep cleanings are to basically remove all debris and buildup that occursabove and below the gum line and the teeth. we know that that is ultimately the problemwhich which contributes to to to the gum disease, such as gingivitis, bone loss, teeth beinglost and loose. and it's important when we do these deep cleanings that we go in thereand remove all of the irritating factors that contribute to this gum disease. so, in thismodel we have an example of this tooth that actually has gum disease, and we characterizegum disease by a couple things. one is that

we have lots of buildup down right here aroundthe gum line. secondly, the tissue is very red, inflamed, and tender, and also bleedsa little bit more frequently than normal. what we have to do when we do our deep cleaningsis we're removing all of these, this buildup around the teeth. so, in a typical appointmentthe patient will come in, the dentist will numb the patient up to make them comfortable.and typically, the hygienist will be the one that performs the deep cleanings. in a deepcleaning what they're doing is they're taking several different cleaning instruments, andplacing it across the tooth where the buildup is and removing the buildup. so here rightnow we have this buildup, but as we take our instrument through here we are going to gentlypull some of this material off the tooth just

like so, and kind of as in the light scrapingmotion we're removing all of this buildup around the teeth. by removing the buildupthat will help cure the gum disease and get the tissue into a more stable and comfortablecondition like so. once the deep cleanings have been completed we will basically bringthe patient back; roughly about four to five weeks later after the treatment has been completed,and we will reevaluate the gums. the things that we look at are the tissue color; is isthe tissue nice and pink, or is it still red. is it nice and tight or is it inflamed andswollen. and how much bleeding do we have? has the bleeding decreased since we initiallyevaluated it? provided all those things have improved and responded then that is the firststeps in treating the gum disease. once we've

identified that we have that in a stable conditionthe next step is to get the patient in a more frequent recall interval, where they're gettingmore frequent cleanings. this can be as as much as every three months to as little asevery six months, and it depends from patient to patient based on how much treatment wethink will be necessary.