| Periodontal Scaling and Root
Planing also known as scaling and curretage is a conservative cleaning
procedure. The purpose is to remove hard deposits and infection from beneath
the gum and cleanse and clean the root surfaces. Deposits of bacterial
plaque, calculus, food debris, and pus that is present in the infected
pocket that cause periodontitis are removed. The special insturments plane
clean and smooth the surface of the root. When the causes of the infection
are removed, the gum tissues are allowed to heal and become healthy.
Non-surgical treatment is usually a very effective treatment which will
allow the effected tissues to heal. This is most effective in the early
stages of periodontal disease. With good home care and healing time the
amount of surgical correction may be reduced.
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