Deep cleaning is a beginning, and long-term results depend on what follows. See how reassessment and maintenance keep gum disease under watch.
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People weighing this treatment often want to know whether it’s a one-time fix. Periodontitis is better thought of as something to keep under control. Scaling and root planing removes deposits from inside the pockets, and what comes next determines how well that progress holds up.
Riverbend residents can have both the treatment and the follow-up at our McPhillips Street clinic in Winnipeg. If you’re deciding whether to go ahead, or you have already had it done and aren’t sure what should happen now, this overview maps out the road.
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Healing is compared with your starting findings, so you aren’t left assuming things went well.
How often you return is based on your own gums and how stable they turn out to be.
If a site remains hard to maintain, more care can be considered at that stage.
It’s useful to see this as active treatment followed by continuing attention. Each phase has its own goal and its own appointments.
Here the aim is bringing inflammation down by treating affected root surfaces in the pockets where periodontitis was diagnosed.
This continues afterward, managing new buildup and looking for early signs of change at each site.
Your assessment with the dentist decides whether active therapy is suitable, and your reassessment shapes the recall schedule.
Everything below builds on the first treatment. Timing and details depend on how your own tissues behave.
Request your visitTissues need a while to respond, so evaluation doesn’t happen right away. Keep up with the plaque control you were taught during this stretch.
Bleeding, depths, tissue tone, plaque control and any symptoms are compared with where you began, giving a site-by-site picture.
Stable areas go into maintenance. Any remaining pockets are discussed, including whether they may need further treatment and what that might involve.
We recommend an interval that fits your findings, then revisit it over time, as your gums and home care change.
If deep cleaning was done some time ago, possibly elsewhere, and regular follow-up fell away, you can still ask about resuming care. Bring whatever details you remember; even a rough timeline is helpful.
Maintenance needs differ from person to person, and so do costs. Ask for an estimate, and ask how your plan treats these visits, when you get in touch.
Familiar rooms for each return appointment.
Coming back to be measured can make people nervous, as though they’re being graded. It’s simply information, and a site that hasn’t improved is a reason for discussion, not disapproval.
Ask to go over your readings, so you can follow what is improving and what still needs work.
Roots may react to temperature during healing. Let us know where this is happening and whether it’s getting worse.
If a tool isn’t working or a routine has lapsed, say so. We can look at what would be more practical.
What stability depends on
Early tenderness, temperature sensitivity and slight bleeding typically fade as tissues heal, depending on what was treated. After that, the job becomes one of consistency, and maintaining what you have gained.
Treated spaces still collect plaque. Keep using the cleaning tools and technique that were matched to your particular areas.
Each maintenance appointment controls new buildup and tracks stability, so try not to let the agreed interval slip by.
Severe pain, worsening swelling or persistent bleeding warrant a phone call, as does anything that seems at odds with your instructions.
Noticed something new between recall appointments? Let the clinic know.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Treatment, reassessment and maintenance appointments are all at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg. You’ll find directions through the link here.
Please request your visit by form or at (204) 338-3003. It’s official only after the clinic confirms, and urgent concerns should come by phone.
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Talk with our team before your visit or learn about CDCP.
Helpful details about scaling & root planning in Riverbend.
Ask our teamIt’s better viewed as a major step in ongoing care. Most patients treated for periodontitis need periodontal maintenance afterward, because new buildup keeps forming and stability has to be monitored.
Only once your tissues have had time to respond. That’s when your reassessment compares current findings with the original ones and identifies where inflammation has improved.
A normal cleaning is largely preventive. Maintenance is follow-on care for someone who has been treated for periodontitis, combining control of new buildup with monitoring of the treated areas.
Not automatically. Residual pockets may need further care, and surgery is one option for selected sites. It would be discussed in light of your findings.
Contact the clinic and describe what you remember. A fresh assessment can show how your gums are doing now and what would make sense next.
Ask the clinic about your situation when you call (204) 338-3003. Any care you receive here takes place at our McPhillips Street clinic in Winnipeg, and it starts from an assessment of your current findings.
Maintenance works for many sites, while others call for a different approach. These are the treatments that sometimes follow, depending on what reassessment reveals.
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Explore serviceHave an urgent concern? Call (204) 338-3003 to discuss availability.
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From Riverbend, request an assessment or maintenance conversation. We’ll reply about a time at our Winnipeg clinic.
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