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Get a Smile Makeover with Cosmetic Periodontal Surgery!

Are you unhappy with your smile because you feel like your teeth are small or disproportionate? If so, it may not actually be your teeth’s fault. You may have a “gummy” smile because of excess gum tissue and not because your teeth are too small. While you may not realize it, the amount and shape […]

Charles F. Orth, DDS/PA
Periodontics and Implants

Get a Smile Makeover with Cosmetic Periodontal Surgery!

Periodontal Regeneration

Gum disease has traditionally been treated by eliminating the gum pockets by trimming away the infected gum tissue and by re-contouring the uneven bone tissue. Although this is still an effective way of treating gum disease, new and more sophisticated procedures are used routinely today. One of these advancements is guided bone regeneration, also referred to as guided tissue regeneration. This procedure is used to stabilize endangered teeth or to prepare the jaw for dental implants. As periodontal disease progresses, pockets of degenerated bone develop in the jaw.