Scaling and Root Planing in Ridgeland

If your hands bled when you washed them, you would be concerned. Yet, many people think it's normal if their gums bleed when they brush or floss. In a 1999 study, researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that half of Americans over 30 had bleeding gums.

If calculus (tartar) remains on the teeth for a prolonged period of time, gum tissue inflammation (gingivitis) can evolve into bone loss around the root of the tooth (periodontal disease). This leads to deeper probing depths around the root of the tooth that further traps food and bacteria that cannot be properly maintained by traditional toothbrush and floss. Failure to address loss of gum tissue attachment and bone loss around a tooth will ultimately lead to tooth mobility and subsequent tooth loss.

Our dental hygienists are professionally trained to thoroughly “deep clean” these unhealthy pockets and set you up on a hygiene program to return your gum tissue, tooth and its surrounding bone to a healthy status!