Suite 101
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Tel: 714.230.2410
GUM DISEASE & YOUR HEALTH
Oral-Systemic Connection
A tooth infection can have significant effect on a variety of other body organs. Gum infection has been linked to a host of serious diseases, including heart attacks, strokes, cancer, diabetes, respiratory disease, low-birth weight babies, Alzheimer’s disease, accelerated aging and more. Gum infection is a serious health risk. This is one of the reasons why we treat people that have certain medical conditions with systemic antibiotic prior to dental work so the bacteria from the mouth does not spread through the blood stream.
Healthy Gums / Unhealthy Gums
Advanced Diagnostics
How do you know if you have gum disease and...is it affecting your total health? Once gum disease starts it does not usually reverse itself without specialized care. Our office uses the latest, most up-to-date thorough diagnostic tools available. It starts with a simple “BANA” test to check for the presence of dangerous bacteria. We then will perform a detailed periodontal screening with the digital Florida Probe to check for pocket depth, bleeding, signs of infection, tooth mobility, and bone loss. Depending upon findings, additional tests may be recommended to determine the specific identity of the bacteria responsible for your disease, whether you have a genetic susceptibility to the disease and/or if your disease has spread throughout your body.
Advanced Home Care
Even after effective treatment of oral infection, bacteria can begin to re-colonize and within days can begin attacking healthy gums. That is why vigilance in home preventive care is crucial to long-term oral health and safeguarding systemic health. Special hygiene products such as an improved electric toothbrush, an oral irrigator, anti-microbial rinse and tooth paste, as well as nutritional supplements can help control the bacteria in the mouth and aid the body’s natural immune defense system to heal from within. Our goal is to provide you with the tools to control disease-causing bacteria and plaque in the mouth, and a healthy immune system to fight infection within the body. Our improved home care system is based on research and has been proven highly successful…if you do your part at home every day.
Control Infection...Improve Your Health
By controlling the pathogenic (disease-causing) bacteria in your mouth, you are making it easier for your body’s immune system to function. Constantly fighting infectious bacteria from infected gums, taxes the body’s defenses. After getting their oral infection treated, many patients will have a better chance of improving their overall health and preventing illness.
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