What are the four steps of periodontal treatment?

Periodontal inflammation is a disease that affects people's health. This disease is very destructive to teeth and often causes patients to suffer extremely painful feelings. Periodontal inflammation mainly manifests itself in gingival inflammation, etc. Therefore, the treatment of periodontal diseases is very important. Periodontal treatment is mainly divided into several steps. Let's take a look at the four steps of periodontal treatment.

The periodontal tissue includes: the periodontal ligament covering the tooth root, the alveolar bone, and the outer layer of the gums. The function of periodontal tissue is like a foundation, fixing the teeth tightly in the jawbone so that the teeth can chew food forcefully. When the periodontal tissue is damaged, whether the tooth can be preserved depends on the extent of the damage.

Periodontitis is a disease that causes destruction of the tissues surrounding the teeth (including the gums, periodontal membrane, and alveolar bone). It is often ignored by people because there are no obvious pain or discomfort symptoms in the early stages. The earliest symptoms of the disease are generally bleeding gums and bad breath. If not treated in time or incompletely, the gums will gradually become red, swollen and painful again, the teeth will become loose, elongated and shifted, and eventually the teeth will fall out. Generally speaking, the treatment of periodontitis can be divided into four stages:

Four steps to treat periodontitis:

The first stage is the basic treatment stage, including oral self-cleaning, extraction of teeth with poor prognosis and unfavorable restoration, supragingival cleaning, subgingival scaling to remove plaque and tartar, selection of antibacterial drugs to control inflammation, bite adjustment, etc.

The second stage is periodontal surgery and fixation of loose teeth.

The third stage is permanent restorative treatment.

The fourth stage is the review and re-treatment stage, which is conducted every six months and includes checking plaque control, health education, and X-ray examinations to further formulate a treatment plan.

Timely treatment of periodontitis is very important for recovery from the disease. The above introduces some methods for treating periodontitis. I hope it will be helpful to you. When you are sick, be sure to go to the hospital in time and choose the appropriate treatment plan under the guidance of a doctor according to your actual situation.