Peachtree Periodontics and Dental Implants

Having good quality bone is a key to implant success; however, many periodontal patients have damaged bone. Periodontal disease, aging, pressure from grinding teeth or wearing dentures, trauma or injury can all lead to insufficient bone, making it difficult to place dental implants. Fortunately, Dr. Davenport is able to correct this problem for many patients with tissue and bone regeneration procedures to restore lost tissue.

Piezosurgery® is an innovative technology that empowers surgeons, like Dr. Davenport, to perform procedures in a more focused and selective manner than using traditional dental instruments. Piezosurgery® is a relatively new technique that utilizes ultrasonic vibration. A piezosurgical tip vibrates at high speeds, allowing clean cutting with precise incisions.

All-On-4 Dental Implants are a revolutionary new dental procedure designed to offer a permanent tooth replacement for individuals suffering from missing teeth across an entire row of teeth. Tooth loss is extremely common among adults, especially in old age, and the short answer is that dentures are often not the easiest or most comfortable solution for adults struggling with tooth loss. All-On-4 Dental Implants bring a unique procedure that secures a row of permanent implants on 4 anchor points. This unique procedure allows for a much lower price point than traditional Dental Implants and allows for a faster procedure.

Strong teeth are essential to not only your dental health, but also your whole body health. So when your teeth are not able to complete the functions you need them to achieve, the health of your whole body is at risk. Dental implants are becoming more favorable for replacing missing and damaged teeth and advances in dental technologies have given us far greater opportunities to regain a health and beautiful smile than ever before.

Most dental treatments for periodontal disease do not require surgery. More often than not, good dental cleaning habits and regular dental checkups will ensure that periodontal disease does not develop. But despite the best efforts at maintaining good dental cleaning habits, or when tissues, gums, teeth or bones are damaged by the effects of periodontal disease, there are times when surgical treatment is necessary to correct the damage caused by periodontal disease.

Scaling & Root Planing is the most common non-surgical treatment for periodontal disease. Special instruments are used to remove bacteria from the infected pockets around the teeth and below the gum line. This is often referred to as a “deep cleaning,” and when done by a periodontist, may be the only treatment a patient needs.

Many times, the early stages of periodontal disease are best treated with non-surgical periodontal therapy. Non-surgical treatment often precedes surgical therapy, even in complex cases. If necessary, a two-step process is done to improve the overall tissue quality prior to surgery and, to further help limit the areas requiring surgery.

As the Periodontal Disease progresses, the plaque will become harder and less likely to be brushed away with regular teeth brushing. This harder plaque is called tartar. As the tartar builds up it begins to create a space between your teeth and gums and this gives the bacterial infection more room to advance into the sensitive areas below your gums.

A frenum is a band of tissue that holds down or connects the lip, cheeks, or tongue. These bands connect the tongue to the floor of the mouth (the lingual frenum), and the lip to the gum in front of the teeth (the labial frenum).

Peachtree Periodontics and Dental Implants provides in-office digital x-rays and 3D scanning to evaluate and analyse dental and facial anatomy when treatment planning. This state-of-the-art technology allows Dr. Davenport to optimize implant treatment and placement, and permits him to select the most suitable type and size of implant.

Crown lengthening is a simple surgical procedure where additional tooth structure is exposed by adjusting and re-contouring the position of the gum around an affected tooth. This lengthening provides additional tooth structure for your dentist to affix the dental restoration (filling or crown).

Over time, our teeth and gums react and respond to the wear that we put them through. The soft tissues that comprise the gums that our teeth are seated in may respond by pulling back away from the tooth. This leaves more of the tooth’s surface exposed to food, beverages, and even the air that passes over when you breathe in and out. A dental procedure called a Cosmetic Gingival Grafting / Gum Lift can be performed in the periodontist’s office to resolve this.