Proper oral hygiene is the best way to prevent gum infections around both natural teeth and dental implants. Always prioritize proper brushing and flossing to avoid infections!
At your first consultation, one of the dentists at Woburn Dental Associates will assess your oral health and determine if LANAP or LAPIP is right for restoring your gum health. If you’re approved, you’ll schedule your next appointment right away.
LANAP and LAPIP use advanced laser technology. Your dentist will use specialized laser dental tools to destroy bacteria in your gums, eliminate infected tissue, and reshape your gums around your tooth or your dental implant. This encourages your gums to heal and bond to your tooth properly.
Unlike traditional periodontal procedures, healing from LANAP/LAPIP is quite fast. The lasers used in treatment seal your nerve endings and blood vessels, causing less discomfort and bleeding. Most patients recover within 24-48 hours. In contrast, traditional surgery with a scalpel may require a recovery period of up to 2-4 weeks.
You will typically need to schedule one or more follow-up appointments at Woburn Dental Associates to make sure that your periodontal disease or peri-implantitis is under control, and that your mouth is healing properly.
No. LANAP/LAPIP treatment is much more comfortable and less invasive than treatments using traditional dental tools like scalpels, and the process is completely pain-free. In addition, your mouth is usually numbed for your procedure using a special type of gel and numbing needles, which ensures you will feel absolutely no pain or discomfort. Usually, no other form of sedation is needed.
LANAP/LAPIP is pain-free because it uses powerful lasers to remove tissue and kill bacteria. Upon contacting your gum tissue, the lasers quickly seal up nerve endings and blood vessels, so you don’t feel much discomfort, and there is minimal bleeding. In addition to this, stitches are usually not required after treatment, which further enhances your comfort.
Most patients can recover from LANAP or LAPIP and get back to their day-to-day routine within 24-48 hours of the procedure. Immediately after your procedure, it’s a good idea to go home and rest. You will need to avoid brushing your surgical site for about 2 weeks, but you can continue to brush the rest of your mouth.
You also will need to eat a special diet of mostly soft and liquid foods for a few days to ensure proper healing. After your surgery, your dentist at Woburn Dental Associates will provide you with more information about how to care for your mouth after LANAP or LAPIP treatment.
Perio maintenance appointments occur every 3 months to keep bacteria at bay.
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