Gum care and periodontics
Gums hold your teeth in place, and gum disease is the leading cause of adult tooth loss. Our clinic is led by an MDS Periodontist, a dentist who trained specifically in diagnosing and treating the tissue around the tooth.
Where to start
Each page explains the symptoms, what the treatment involves, what to expect during healing, and how we decide what you need.
Gum disease is the leading cause of adult tooth loss, and it is treatable at every stage. Our MDS Periodontist diagnoses how far it has progressed and treats it with a plan built for your mouth.
Confirmed after examination and gum charting
Learn moreGums that bleed when you brush are inflamed, and inflammation this early can usually be reversed completely. Treating it now is the difference between a cleaning and a lifetime of gum management.
Starting from NPR 2,000 for scaling and polishing
Learn moreReceding gums expose the root of the tooth, which is softer, more sensitive, and more prone to decay. Treatment stops the recession progressing, and in suitable cases covers the exposed root.
Confirmed after examination; grafting quoted per site
Learn moreScaling and root planing is the core non-surgical treatment for gum disease. It cleans the root surfaces inside the gum pockets, where a routine cleaning cannot reach, so the gum can heal and reattach.
Quoted per quadrant after gum charting
Learn moreWhen deep cleaning cannot reach far enough, surgical access lets us clean root surfaces and bone defects directly. Gum surgery also reshapes gum contours where a gummy smile or uneven gumline is the concern.
Quoted per site after surgical assessment
Learn moreKnow the stages
Gum disease moves through predictable stages. Where you are on this path decides what treatment you need, which is why the examination comes before any recommendation.
Firm, pale pink, and they do not bleed when you brush or floss. Pocket depths measure 1 to 3mm.
Plaque along the gumline causes redness, swelling and bleeding. No bone has been lost yet, and this stage is fully reversible.
Pockets deepen past 4mm and the first bone loss appears on X-ray. Deep cleaning can stop it here, but the lost bone does not return.
Deep pockets, significant bone loss, teeth becoming loose or shifting. Surgical treatment is usually needed to save the teeth.
Know the signs
Any one of these is worth an examination. Gum disease is painless for most of its course, which is why it is usually found late.
Why a specialist
A periodontist completes three additional years of training after dental school, focused entirely on the gums, the bone, and the tissue that supports each tooth. That covers gum disease diagnosis, non-surgical and surgical treatment, grafting, and the foundations that implants rely on.
How we work
Pocket depths at six points around every tooth, bleeding points, mobility, and X-rays where needed. The plan comes from that chart.
The chart is shown and explained, and repeated after treatment so improvement is measured rather than described.
Cleaning before deep cleaning, deep cleaning before surgery. We escalate only when the re-evaluation says we need to.
A written estimate after the examination, covering the treatment, the review visits, and anything that might follow.
Your recall interval is set from your risk and results, usually three to four months after active treatment.
Local anaesthetic as standard for deep cleaning and surgery, with time to settle and clear aftercare instructions.
Common questions
A periodontist is a dentist who has completed a further specialist degree, an MDS in Periodontics, focused on the gums and supporting bone. General dentists treat gum problems routinely; a periodontist handles the advanced, surgical and complex cases, and diagnoses disease that is easy to miss on a quick check.
Most people benefit from a check and professional clean every six months. If you have been treated for gum disease, three to four months is usual, because treated pockets recolonise with bacteria faster than healthy gums do.
Gum disease is associated with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and adverse pregnancy outcomes in the research literature. The relationship with diabetes runs both ways: poorly controlled blood sugar worsens gum disease, and active gum inflammation makes blood sugar harder to control.
No. You can book directly with us. If you have been examined elsewhere, bring any X-rays or charts you have, as they help us compare rather than start from nothing.
It depends on the stage and how many areas are affected. A scaling and polish starts from NPR 2,000. Deep cleaning is quoted per quadrant, and surgical treatment per site. You get a written estimate after the examination, before anything is booked.
Find us
Conveniently located on Dhobidhara Marg, minutes from Lazimpat, Maharajgunj, Naxal, Baluwatar, and Thamel.
Book an examination with our MDS Periodontist on Dhobidhara Marg. You will leave knowing exactly what stage your gums are at, and what it takes to treat them.
