Periodontal Exam
A comprehensive examination is where treatment starts, because a plan is only as good as the measurements and data behind it.
A comprehensive exam assesses your gum health, your bone health, your teeth and how they bite together, and your general medical health, alongside x-rays. Those can come from your own dentist or be taken here. We would rather spend the time getting this right than start treatment on an incomplete picture.
What happens during a periodontal exam
Measurements around every tooth
We record your gum measurements with a small ruler, including how much root is exposed by recession and whether any tooth has become mobile.
Reading the x-rays alongside them
The clinical findings are correlated with what the x-rays show, because neither on its own tells the whole story.
A plan built around your goals
From that, a personalized treatment plan that works toward the oral health goals you actually have, discussed with you rather than handed to you.
What the exam covers
- Gum health, measured rather than estimated.
- Bone health, read from your x-rays.
- Your teeth, and how they come together when you bite.
- Your medical health, which affects both healing and what we recommend.
- X-rays, from your dentist or taken in our office.
