Gum Disease, Implants and Beyond

Dr. Philip L. Fava II, Director of the Pennsylvania Center for Dental Implants and Periodontics, is featured as a guest author on Safe and Healthy Life, a website whose mission is to “make your life safe, healthy and effective with the latest health info.”

In “What Periodontists Do Beyond Traditional Periodontics,” Dr. Fava reminds us that periodontists like us, dental experts with special expertise in the bone and gum tissue surrounding your teeth, also often offer more rejuvenating and cosmetic oral health services including:

  • Lip repositioning (to fix a “gummy smile”) and other gum recontouring procedures to reshape your gumline
  • Orthodontic periodontal augmentation to accelerate tooth movement
  • Tori removal (to remove uncomfortable bone protrusions in the mouth)
  • Advanced laser technology protocols like LANAP® to treat gum disease. Also, LAPIP®, which utilizes similar equipment to treat peri-implantitis, an infection of a dental implant. Both procedures are great tissue-sparing solutions
  • Tooth extraction – If a natural tooth can’t be saved, we can remove it before placing dental implants

You can read the full article here.

More About Our Practice

Dr. Fava leads a team of board-certified periodontists who all offer numerous other procedures and treatments to help you achieve optimal oral health and aesthetics.

Since the mouth is the “gateway to the body,” we may even be able to help prevent the progression of other diseases that studies show are related to severe gum disease, like diabetes, heart disease, respiratory diseases, some cancers, and Alzheimer’s disease.

We offer two current locations, in Northeast Philadelphia and Ambler, PA. If you’d like to evaluate gum issues, consult with us on any of the above services or see if you’re a candidate for dental implants, contact our friendly staff and make an appointment! Referrals are always welcomed but are not required.