Gingivectomy is the surgical removal of gum tissue or gingiva and Gingivoplasty is a type of gum surgery used to reshape healthy gum tissue around teeth.Both these surgical treatments are done by periodontists.Periodontists are dentists specialized in treating gums and the other structures that supports teeth
At first, Gingivectomy was developed to treat periodontal disease.But now it is more commonly used to improve the appearance of the gums.
Reasons for the removal of gum tissues include:-
- Gaps or pockets which have formed between the teeth or gums.This may trap foods which gradually became the colonies of bacterias and ultimately leads to gum diseases.If the pockets involve only soft tissues, they can be removed by gingivectomy
- If there is too much gum tissue around the teeth,some people finds it hard to clean the epithelial attachment (joint between gum and teeth).In severe cases, this conditions can interfere with chewing and speech.Excess growth of gum tissue is actually not apparent but sometimes it is caused due to the intake of some medicines.
Gingivoplasty usually done to look gums better.Gingivoplasty reshapes the gums to make them look more natural. It is often done alone, but also done during or after a gingivectomy. Gingivoplasty also can be done along with a gum graft. This type of surgery adds tissue to the gum line.
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admin on August 18th 2009 in Dental terms and definitions
- Banding: – The process of attaching orthodontic bands to your teeth.
- Bonding:- The process of gluing brackets to your teeth using a particular gum.
- Cephalometric X-Rays: – An x-ray of the head that proves whether your teeth are positioned and are growing properly.
- Consultation:- An encounter with your orthodontist where he/she talk about and plans out your treatment program.
- Debonding:- The removal of attached orthodontic brackets.
- Debanding:- The removal of attached orthodontic bands.
- Impressions:- The initial step in devising a model of your teeth. You bite into a container filled with a rubber type material, which hardens to form a mould of your mouth.
- Interceptive treatment:- This is an orthodontic treatment that is ordinarily done when you are 6-10. The aim of interceptive orthodontic treatment is to render orthopaedic intervention, thus making your dental treatment quicker, easier and less painful at a later stage.
- Ligation:- The procedure in which an archwire is glued to the brackets on your teeth.
- Ligating:- An adjective used to name the constituents used to attach archwires to brackets. To site an example, a ligating module is a fine plastic piece that goes over the brackets to hold in your archwire.
- Tightening:- A procedure that occurs every 3-6 weeks during you dental braces treatment. Your orthodontist either makes adjustments and alterations to the strings in your braces or changes the strings.
- Panoramic x-rays:- An x-ray taken by a machine that rotates around your head to give your orthodontist a picture of your teeth, jaws, patient’s nasal area, surrounding bone from which the orthodontist can deduct necessary information.
- Photographs:- Extra-oral (photographs of the face) and intra-oral photos(photographs inside the mouth) will be taken throughout the treatment.
- Wax bite:- A process to estimate how well your teeth come together. You bite a sheet of wax. The orthodontist examines the bite marks left on the wax sheet and relates the upper and lower models of your teeth together.
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