Perio Protect Method For Gum Disease Prevention

Gum disease can significantly affect your oral function and expose you to serious oral and overall complications like tooth loss, bone loss, diabetes, and heart problems. While gum disease is more common in adults, children can also get it.

Fortunately, you can prevent and treat gum disease with excellent oral care and maintenance. Early treatment allows non-surgical treatments like root planing and scaling and tray-system treatments like Perio Protect.

In this article, let’s learn how Perio Protect works and how it can help prevent and manage gum disease.

What is Perio Protect?

Perio Protect is a tray-based system delivering gum disease treatment deep into gum pockets.

If your gum disease has progressed, excellent brushing and flossing or rinses might not eliminate bacteria deep in the gum pockets. Furthermore, it can cause significant discomfort and inflammation.

Perio Protect tray therapy is an excellent at-home option to prevent and treat gum disease. This treatment delivers antimicrobial medication deep in the gums, where bacteria thrive and can’t be reached with a toothbrush. Continually fighting off bacterial infections reduces the risk of bacteria recurring.

Perio Protect Trays are custom-made and fit snugly in your mouth. Periodontal medicine is placed in trays and worn over the teeth and gums. It gets into the periodontal pockets gently, combating the harmful bacteria. Since the tray is custom-made, it ensures the medicine enters directly into the gums and doesn’t escape out in the mouth.

How To Use Perio Protect Trays

If you’re considering the perio protect method, schedule a consultation with our dentist’s office near you. They will examine your condition and needs to determine whether the treatment is the right fit for you.

If you’re eligible for the treatment, the dentist will discuss further details and make impressions of your mouth to prepare the customized trays. Once ready, the dentist will examine their fit and show you how to use them. You’ll go home with the tray and Perio-gel, which you’ll use together.

Your prescription may vary depending on your dentist. Typically, most patients begin with 2-3 sessions per day for 10 – 15 minutes each. Over time, you can drop the therapy sessions to once daily.

Why choose perio protect?

Perio Protect tray therapy has numerous benefits in controlling and preventing gum disease. These include:

• Simple and painless

Perio Protect tray therapy is comfortable and simple, unlike deep cleaning treatments. The treatment uses custom trays that fit over the mouth snugly, delivering medication efficiently into the gums. You put the medication in the tray and wear it for 10 – 15 minutes daily.

• Continuous protection against bacterial infections

Unlike alternative treatments like deep cleanings, Perio Protect therapy is used daily, meaning you’ll continually kill periodontal bacteria and other infections. It’s, therefore, more consistent and efficient than most gum disease treatments.

• Improved oral and overall health

Perio Protect continually fights periodontal bacteria, improving the health of your gums and mouth. Eliminating periodontal bacteria reduces your risk of developing other oral problems like halitosis, jawbone loss, and tooth loss. It also reduces your risk of chronic health conditions like diabetes, respiratory diseases, and cardiovascular diseases.

• Doesn’t disrupt your schedule

With Perio Protect therapy, you only wear the trays for about 10 to 15 minutes a few times daily. While wearing the trays, you can continue your routine activities like cooking or washing.

• Effective

Since the Perio trays are custom-made, they fit perfectly over your teeth, allowing the medication to enter deep under the gum line without escaping into the mouth.

• Whitens teeth

Most Perio-gels contain a lower concentration of hydrogen peroxide, a key ingredient used in teeth whitening treatments. Besides improving your gum health, it gives you a whiter and brighter smile.

• Freshens breath

Persistent bad breath is a common symptom of advanced gum disease. Perio Protect therapy continually fights off bacterial infections deep in the periodontal pockets, improving your breath.

Schedule an Appointment Today

Are you ready to improve the health of your gums and mouth with Perio Protect in Sacramento, CA? Contact Sacramento Natural Dentistry to speak with our dentist near you.