Maintaining Optimal Periodontal Health

How to Maintain Optimal Periodontal Health Regenerative Periodontal Endoscopy – RPE, helps to repair the periodontal foundation and sets the stage for improved periodontal health by eliminating microscopic calculus (tartar) and bacteria deep below the gumline, removing infected tissue, and stimulating attachment repair with natural proteins.  How to maintain this level of health long term is the subject…

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How RPE Works

Regenerative Periodontal Endoscopy: Before and after pictures and x-rays How Regenerative Periodontal Endoscopy Works: Regenerative Periodontal Endoscopy, or RPE, is an advanced non-invasive endoscope procedure pioneered and offered exclusively by PerioPeak Innovations, or clinics certified in this technique.  The skilled use of a periodontal endoscope, micro-ultrasonic piezo technology, and regenerative proteins can eliminate the need for aggressive…

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Host Modulated Therapy

Host Modulated Therapy – Adjuntive use of Periosat (SDD) Sub-antimicrobial dose doxycycline 20mg (SDD), also called PerioStat, is an effective way to therapeutically control, or “down-regulate”, exaggerated levels of harmful enzymes associated with chronic periodontal disease destruction (bone loss around the teeth).  This post will help clarify the adjunctive benefit of  Periostat (SDD – sub-antimicrobial dose doxycycline)…

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Diabetes and Periodontal Disease

How is diabetes, or prediabetes, related to periodontal (gum) diseases? One of the main risk factors for the development of periodontal disease is diabetes.   We now know that individuals with type II diabetes are three times more likely to develop periodontal disease.   Conversely, results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and its follow-up studies suggest that non-diabetic…

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Cost of Periodontal Treatments

The Cost of Periodontal Disease Treatments: This post will help clarify and define the costs involved in available periodontal treatment options, including Regenerative Periodontal Endoscopy (RPE), Perioscopy (visual root planing only), Osseous Periodontal Surgery, Extractions, Implants, traditional laser periodontal therapy, LANAP (blind laser root planing method), and traditional blind root planing combined with Arestin (antibiotics). Fees may vary depending on location…

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Cancer and Periodontal Disease

Pancreatic Cancer linked to Gum Disease? Scientists have recently discovered what appears to be a definitive link between pancreatic cancer and periodontal (gum) disease. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. because it is so difficult to treat. More than 300,000 Americans are expected to die from it this…

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Bone Regeneration

Endoscope Assisted Bone Regeneration with Emdogain Regenerative Periodontal Endoscopy  (RPE) – Periodontal endoscopy and Emdogain Non-surgical periodontal bone fill is finally possible thanks to a new biological technology called Emdogain, by Straumann. But what is Emdogain and how does it work? The following post will help clarify what Emdogain is and also help the reader to…

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Biomarkers for Cardiovascular and Periodontal Diseases

What is a biomarker? How does this relate to cardiovascular or periodontal diseases? A biomarker is anything that can be used as an indicator of a particular disease state, but it is typically a protein which can be measured in the blood and may reflect the severity of a disease.  The two biomarkers connected to both cardiovascular diseases and periodontal disease,…

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Before and After Pictures of Non Invasive RPE Periodontal Disease Treatment

Before and after pictures of a patient treated at PerioPeak Innovations with a non-invasive treatment approach called Regenerative Periodontal Endoscopy, or RPE. The young female patient below came to PerioPeak with advanced stage periodontal disease, with generalized 5-13mm pockets.  This patient was very interested in a non invasive approach over traditional surgery to treat her periodontal disease.  She had…

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Alzheimer’s and Periodontal Disease

Update on link Gum Disease Now Linked to Dementia:  All countries are experiencing an increase in the number of people over the age of 65 with Alzheimer’s.  Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia in the US population. Current studies demonstrate a definitive link between the presence of periodontal pathogens and the inflammatory burden and…

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