Healing Check and Reevaluation    You have completed the root planing.  Deposits and bacterial plaque have been removed  from the roots below the gums.  With the irritants gone you will heal.  As the inflammation  decreases, the pocket depths around the teeth become shallower and more cleansible.  The better  you brush and floss, and if asked, proxabrush and toothpick, the more you will heal.  We  ask you to “not miss anywhere” once per day.    The bacteria that cause gum disease are mostly anaerobes. “An” means “no.”  “Aero” means “air.” So anaerobes can’t live where there is air or oxygen. When you  floss or proxabrush you oxygenate or aerate between the teeth and under the gums. So if  all pockets have cleansable depths, and you daily clean everywhere, the bad germs can’t  live anywhere. If deeper, uncleansible pockets persist, surgery is indicated.     About four weeks after the last root planing you have a “healing check” appointment.  A dental assistant checks that everywhere is healing properly. If inflammation somewhere is  not resolving, it is usually because you are missing the site. Please bring all your tools with you  to the healing check, so the dental assistant can demonstrate any improved techniques to  achieve maximum healing. By the time of the healing check tissues have often shrunk enough  that a larger proxabrush is more effective. The most common deficiencies are not using the  proxabrush from the inside­out, not getting low enough inside of lower teeth with the brush, and  not wrapping enough with the floss to go below tissue on the inside corners.    About eight weeks after the last root planing you should be maximally healed.  All inflammation/redness/bleeding should be resolved. You are ready for the reevaluation with  the doctor. We again measure the pocket depths. Three and four millimeter pockets are readily  cleaned by proper use of your oral hygiene tools. Five millimeter pockets are borderline  cleansable with excellent techniques. Six­millimeter and deeper pockets cannot be cleaned or  controlled by you, so surgery is usually indicated to reduce the pockets to depths that are  cleansable. We do our best to help you achieve maximum non­surgical healing.      Jeremy Manwaring, DMD, MS  Sean McKeown, DDS, MS   

_______________________________________________________________________________ REDWOOD PERIODONTICS (801) 293-8833 6287 South Redwood Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84123  

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