Treatments / Gum health / Periodontal treatment
Periodontal treatment
Deep cleaning and tracked care that stabilises gum disease.
Could this treatment help you?
Gum disease is the quiet way adults lose teeth: it is painless for years while it loosens them. Periodontal treatment is the structured response — deep cleaning below the gumline, measured pockets tracked visit to visit, and a home routine rebuilt around what your gums actually need.
Care is shared between the practice's dentists and its GDC-registered hygienists, with progress measured at each visit.
This may suit you if
Bleeding gums, bad breath that will not clear, gums shrinking back, or teeth that feel slightly loose — or a check-up finding of deep pockets. Smokers and diabetic patients carry higher risk and benefit most from early treatment.
Good to know
Bone already lost to gum disease does not grow back — treatment stabilises what remains, which is why starting early matters so much. Success depends as much on your daily cleaning and smoking status as on anything done in the surgery.
- Measured, tracked treatment, with progress recorded at each visit
- Dentists and GDC-registered hygienists working together
- A home routine built for your mouth
- Step 1Full gum assessmentEvery tooth’s pockets measured and recorded as the baseline.
- Step 2Deep cleaningDeposits removed below the gumline, under local anaesthetic where needed.
- Step 3Review and re-measureThe pockets are measured again — the numbers show what worked.
- Step 4MaintenanceA recall interval that matches your needs.
Afterwards
Gums can be tender and teeth briefly sensitive after deep cleaning; both settle. The daily interdental cleaning you are shown is the treatment continuing at home — without it, the surgery work cannot hold.
Questions patients usually ask.
Can gum disease be cured?
It can be stabilised and kept stable — which keeps teeth for decades — but lost bone does not return and maintenance is ongoing.
How much does periodontal treatment cost?
It depends on how many areas need deep cleaning and over how many visits — set out in writing after the full assessment.
My gums bleed but nothing hurts — is that really urgent?
Bleeding is the early warning, and the painless years are when treatment works best. By the time gum disease hurts or teeth loosen, the options are fewer.
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