Laser Bacterial Reduction

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Periodontal disease affects approximately 80% of adults and is a growing epidemic in our society. We now know that periodontal disease is a bacterial infection in the pockets around your teeth. With that thought in mind it is recommended that all patients have their teeth decontaminated prior to cleaning appointments. During normal cleaning appointments, the potential bleeding occurs and thereby allows the bacteria in the mouth to flood into the bloodstream traveling throughout the entire circulatory system and sometimes settling in weak areas of the body. Knowing that these same bacteria have been linked to systemic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, stroke, etc., anything that can be done to reduce or eliminate such bacteria is positive. Laser Bacterial reduction, or LBR, also prevents cross contamination of bacteria from unhealthy parts of the mouth to healthy parts of the mouth and kills the periodontal disease bacteria that cause physical destruction of the support for your teeth. The process is painless and normally adds 5-10 minutes to the normal cleaning process.