Gum Recontouring
San Diego, California
Cosmetic dentistry has added many new procedures to the whole area of dentistry, and one of them is laser gum recontouring. Do you feel your smile is too “gummy”? Or do your teeth look too short? Perhaps they appear to be different assorted sizes?
Laser gum treatment is safe and comfortable. It can reshape your gums, revealing more of your teeth. They may look too short, but really, they’re just partly hidden by too much gum tissue. The laser used is a diode laser which is a soft tissue laser and will not affect the teeth. It does not burn but simply vaporizes tiny pieces of unwanted gum tissue.
As part of the treatment, the laser also seals the remaining gum tissue, so there is no bleeding and any risk of infection is cut to near-zero. This is enormously safer and easier than gum reshaping used to be years ago, when the dentist used a surgical knife. Those days are gone.
Recovery
For perhaps a week you may have some swelling and tenderness, and you can deal with that with an over-the-counter pain medication if you wish. Rinsing with salt water is a good idea too, to help reduce the swelling. No other side effects are ever reported.
Benefits of dental lasers
Gum recontouring is a simple and quick treatment. The use of lasers in dentistry has had many benefits:
- Eliminated much dental surgery
- Enabled early caries detection
- Reduced bleeding and infection to nil in most cases
- Reduced pain enormously
- Made many procedures faster and easier
A laser gum treatment can make your teeth look longer and more in balance with the amount of gum showing when you smile. It can make your teeth all the same size in appearance by removing unnecessary pieces of gum that were hiding tooth enamel. We offer this near-miracle treatment to residents of San Diego, CA and will be glad to schedule you for a free consultation if you are interested. Please call or email us today.
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3830 Valley Center Drive, Suite 702
San Diego, CA 92130
