Periodontal Care
The health of your gums prevents tooth loss caused by periodontitis. This care also prevents other issues caused by periodoititis like hear disease.
Remedies to take care of your teeth at home.
- Brush your teeth twice a day.
- Use a medium textured brush and replace it every three months.
- Floss daily.
- Don’t smoke or chew tobacco.
- Get professional dental cleaning at least twice a year or on schedule recommended by the dentist.
Improve the health of your gums
Routine Dental Cleaning
The dentist uses special tools to remove plaque and tartar from the surface of your teeth above your gums.
Routine dental cleaning are important fro preventing gum disease even in its mildest forms called gingivitis
Benefits of routine dental cleaning
The dentist is able to guide you on areas of the mouth that your brushing & flossing routine needs a bit of help and also help to keep bad breath at bay.
The dentist is able to detect any issues on your tooth that needs immediate attention such as decay that is developing.
Effects of Routine Dental Cleaning
Removal of plaque and reduces the risk of developing servere forms of gum disease. Prevents dental decay.
Deep Dental Cleaning
This invloves scaling and root planing there by getting rid of plaque and bacteria below the gum.
Is deep dental cleaning worth it?
If left untreated, the pockets in your gums will continuw to grow as with the build up of plaque and tartar and risk bone loss and tooth loss increases.
Open flap surgery
The primary purpose of flap surgery is to revevive and decrease the pockect as well as decrease tissue from the pocket acid adequately clean the root surface and removal of toxic plaque & tartar.
Guided tissue and Bone Regeneration
These are procedures that direct the growth of new bones & give tissue & sites with insufficient volumes/dimensions of bone or giving it proper function, esthetics, prosthetic restoration.
Indication
- Building up boan for implant placement.
- Socket preservation for future implant placement.
- Repair bone defects around dental implants.
- Additional vertical height of jaw bones.
Contradictions
- Smoking.
- Inadequate self performed oral hygiene.
- Uncontrolled systematic disease i.e soft tissue.
- Insufficient soft tissue.
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Meet Our Doctors
Dr Gitonga Ndirangu graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from the University of Nairobi in 2013. He is currently pursuing his Postgraduate Degree in Periodontology & Implant Dentistry.
Dr. Meera Shah graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from Moi University in 2014. She specializes in routine dentistry, endodontics, cosmetic, and restorative dentistry.
Dr. Frankline Kidula graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from the University of Nairobi in 2012. He is currently pursuing his Postgraduate Degree in orthodontics.
Dr. Johnson Mwangi graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery ( BDS) from the University of Nairobi in 1991. An MBA (Stratgic Management) in 2006 and a post graduate diploma in Oral Implantology from the University of Pretoria and New York University.
Emergency Cases
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