NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 11, 2025 / If you've encountered swelling, bleeding or pain in your gums, you may have developed periodontal disease. Also known as gum disease, this ...

Are your gums red, puffy and tender? If so, a deep dental cleaning might be on the agenda at your next dentist appointment. Your dentist might recommend a deep cleaning when you develop certain ...

WHY DO I NEED SCALING AND ROOT PLANNING? If you have been diagnosed with some form of periodontitis (see section on Periodontal Disease), the first step in trying to eliminate the infection and get ...

A deep cleaning at the dentist is also called scaling and planing. This is different from the regular cleaning you get twice a year. It is a deeper cleaning that goes under your gums to prevent or ...

We all know that treatment plans are a list of proposed procedures and treatments that must be presented to patients in a way they understand and agree to. Usually, the dentist or hygienist introduces ...

Periodontitis is a serious chronic inflammatory form of gum disease that affects millions worldwide. It can lead to tooth ...

Periodontal treatment has changed as time has allowed us to learn new facts about the disease and the best types of treatment. Different autogenous and non-autogenous grafting materials are now used ...

Data sources Medline, the Cochrane Oral Health Group Trials Register and EMbase were data sources. Reference lists from relevant articles were also hand-searched and a further search was made by hand ...