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Revolutionizing Gum Disease Treatment: A Non-Surgical Approach to Healing at the Microscopic Level
Gum disease is a widespread oral health issue that affects millions of people around the world. Left untreated can cause tooth loss, receding gums, and other serious complications. Our dental office has witnessed the negative impact of gum disease on our patient's...
How To Prevent An Infection After Getting Dental Implants
One of the leading causes of implant failure and dental implant infections is inadequate home care. Fortunately, preventing dental implant infections is fairly straightforward, and it starts with treating your dental implant like an anatomical tooth. Understanding how...
Are Additional Procedures Necessary Before Getting Dental Implants?
Before you get dental implants, it's important to find out if any other adjunctive services will make up part of your dental implant surgery. Since the overall dental implant procedure is about more than just replacing missing teeth, there could be additional steps...
Can I Get Dental Implants With Severe Gum Disease
Two of the most important criteria for someone who wants to get dental implants are healthy bone support and healthy gums. But what about people who have missing teeth because of past gum disease and bone loss? Can they still qualify for dental implants? Yes, but only...
What You Need To Know About Treating Gummy Smile With Botox
When you smile, does your upper lip tend to pull up higher than it ought to? Do you see just as much (if not more) gum tissue than you do your natural teeth? If so, we offer a non-invasive gummy smile treatment that can help you address excessive gingival display in...
The Truth About Cheap Dental Implants
Have you ever seen an advertisement for low price dental implants in Los Angeles? A free consultation is extremely common, but when the implants are listed at such a low price, there may be more to consider than meets the eye. Dental implant surgery is one of the best...
What Is Scale & Root Planing?
For Los Angeles residents living with periodontal disease (gum disease), a scaling and root planing procedure may be the only option to get their oral health back on track. This "deep cleaning," as many refer to it, removes the infectious bacteria deep inside...
What Are The Signs Of A Failed Dental Bone Graft?
Bone graft failures aren't common, but they can cause severe pain and oral health complications. If you have recovered from periodontal disease, need a tooth extraction, or are planning to get dental implants, there is a good chance our Los Angeles grafting...
How Long Does It Take Gums To Heal After Implants?
Planning for any type of oral or implant surgery means knowing what to expect when it comes to your recovery. Fortunately, your gums (gingival tissue) heal extremely quickly, and getting dental implants is considered a minimally-invasive procedure. So if you’re...
Sedation Dentistry For Dental Implants
At the Center for Advanced Periodontal & Implant Therapy, our experienced oral health and implant experts offer sedation options during your planned dental procedure. Whether you require complex dental care or are planning for life-changing dental implant surgery,...
Is A Bone Graft Needed Before Getting Dental Implants?
One of the most common procedures to be performed alongside dental implant installation is a dental bone graft. Also called ridge augmentation, this specialized type of dental surgery takes weak, unhealthy bone and prepares it so that it's strong enough to support...
What You Must Know About Gum Disease & Dental Implants
Gum disease is the leading cause of tooth loss. It's also the #1 risk to dental implants. Although dental implants don't' get "gum disease" per se, they're still susceptible to a similar type of infection known as peri-implantitis, which is the implant form of...
