Pockets, attachment, calculus, recall: periodontal care comes with its own language. This page puts those words into everyday terms for Waterford Green residents, whose care takes place at our clinic on McPhillips Street in Winnipeg.
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Hearing numbers called out during an exam, then seeing unfamiliar terms on a treatment suggestion, can leave you nodding along without really following. That is a poor way to make a decision about your own mouth, and asking what a word means is always reasonable.
Most of the vocabulary describes one idea: how well the tissue and bone around each tooth are holding up. Gingivitis names inflammation that has not cost any support. Periodontitis means attachment, bone or both have been lost. At Winnipeg North Dental, findings get connected and explained in clear language, so the terms below are a head start and not homework.
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The small space between gum and tooth, which can deepen when the tissue pulls away.
Plaque that has hardened onto a tooth. Brushing at home is unable to shift it.
How much time passes between your maintenance appointments, set according to your own risk.
One set of words describes what is found in your mouth. The other describes what could be done about it. Keeping them separate makes a treatment conversation much easier to follow.
These come up while the supporting tissues are being examined and recorded on your chart.
Each of these names a possible step. Which ones apply to you rests entirely on what was found.
Heard something that is not on this page? Ask for it to be explained, then ask how it relates to your own teeth.
Attaching the vocabulary to the moments of a visit tends to make it stick. Here is how a periodontal assessment normally moves along, and the language you may notice at each stage.
Request your visitThis part covers what has changed for you, including bleeding, discomfort, medical conditions, medications, tobacco, relatives with gum trouble and earlier dental care.
A series of light measurements goes around each tooth. The numbers you may overhear are pocket depths, recorded with notes on bleeding, recession and attachment.
Looser teeth, how you bite, deposits and any suitable dental images all feed into a picture of tooth support and spots that are tricky to keep clean.
Everything is pulled together into a pattern, with active areas identified and a proposed course of treatment and maintenance put into ordinary words.
If an earlier appointment left you puzzled, that puzzle is useful to bring. You do not need to study anything first or learn the terms correctly. Describing it badly is perfectly fine.
Cost and appointment length are fair things to raise when you make contact. What your plan pays is decided by the plan itself.
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Clinical language can make anyone feel as though they ought to know already. Nobody expects you to. Stopping the conversation to ask is part of giving your care proper thought.
A second explanation in different words is a completely normal request.
It can be easier to grasp a finding when you can see where in your mouth it applies.
A definition tells you what a word means. Your own findings tell you whether it matters.
Words you will keep hearing
Management is the key word after treatment, because periodontitis is generally controlled over time and not thought of as permanently cured. A few other terms tend to follow you from this point on.
Your gums are holding steady from one set of measurements to the next, which helps shape your schedule.
Your disease history, current condition and risk set the timing, so yours may not match anybody else’s.
This is simply a clinical way of describing how effectively your everyday cleaning is removing soft buildup.
Tell the clinic if your medications or health conditions change, because either can influence how your gums respond.
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Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Waterford Green is in Winnipeg, and care for its residents is provided at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg. The directions link on this card opens a map.
Your form goes to the clinic as a request and holds no appointment time until staff respond. Anything urgent is better handled by phoning.
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Helpful details about gum disease treatment in Waterford Green.
Ask our teamGum tissue forms a shallow collar around each tooth. When inflammation damages the attachment, that space can deepen, making plaque harder to reach and giving your dentist something to measure and monitor.
They are related but different. Plaque is a soft film you can clean away at home. Calculus is hardened buildup, and removing it requires professional care.
A diagnosis names the condition, such as gingivitis or periodontitis. A plan sets out the steps recommended for it, which is why the diagnosis has to come first.
Scaling and root planing cleans pockets and root surfaces below the gumline without surgical access. Should deep pockets persist, your findings will guide what is discussed next.
Certainly. Asking how a reading compares with a healthy one, and which teeth concern the dentist, is a sensible way to make the chart meaningful to you.
Send the form below or call (204) 338-3003. Your assessment takes place on McPhillips Street, and the clinic gets back to you to settle the date.
Each of these pages expands on something mentioned here. Reading one does not mean you will need that service.
Learn how scaling and root planing in Winnipeg removes buildup below the gumline, smooths root surfaces and supports healing from gum disease.
Explore serviceExplore periodontal pocket reduction surgery in Winnipeg for advanced gum disease, including when it may be recommended, treatment goals and recovery.
Explore serviceExplore periodontal care in Winnipeg for gum disease, recession and bone loss, including scaling, grafting and implant-site preparation.
Explore serviceHave an urgent concern? Call (204) 338-3003 to discuss availability.
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Waterford Green residents are welcome to use this form to request a gum assessment at our Winnipeg clinic, and to mention any term that has been bothering them.
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