Periodontal Treatment, Periodontal Care, Periodontal Disease, Periodontal Surgery, Gum Disease Treatment, Dental Implants, LANAP, Laser Periodontal Surgery, Gum Graft, Receding Gums, Gingivitis, Sinus Lifts, Bone Regeneration, Bone Grafting, Ridge Augmentation, Infuse Bone Graft, Piezotome, Simplant

Well it starts out when I was a kid. I had really great teeth but as a teenager when I went to the dentist he looked in my mouth and he said, you know you have great teeth but it's a shame because you have such lousy gums they're all going to fall out. That kind of freaked me out that was the first I heard about the fact that I have this periodontal disease that's hereditary. Now up to my present, in the last twenty years I have been getting excellent dental treatment, getting my teeth cleaned every three months, using an electric brush, flossing and oh about seven years ago I was getting a cleaning and my teeth... my gums would just bleeding really easily and I was really having a lot of pain and sensitivity. When the dental hygienist was trying to clean my teeth I kept jerking because I was in pain, bleeding like crazy she finally threw her hands up in the air and said I can't handle this I can't work on your mouth. She gave me a couple of cards and said you're going to have to go to a Periodontist. So I went to the first Periodontist, he looked in my mouth and said "You know, I'm just going to be honest with you." He goes, Most doctors would have you go out and have four deep cleanings and then they're going to turn around and the inevitable is, your gums are so bad I can just look in your mouth right now and tell you what teeth you're going to lose. So you might as well just save your time and money and pull those teeth right now, don't even bother with the cleanings because you're not going to save your teeth anyways. Well that kind of freaked me out because I was thinking, at least I can have my own teeth for the next ten years so I bolted out of that office. Then I went to the next doctor. We did the oral surgery and it was awful. The pain after the surgery was excruciating and I also had a reaction to the Vicodin that they gave me, which is a very strong medication,a narcotic in fact. I didn't want to take it it was making me so sick, and he said well you have to you had oral surgery! So i was laying on my back flat in bed, if I got up the room would spin. I was throwing up, my teeth When they used a prop to open my mouth, I have a very small mouth, they went too far, my mouth cramped up so I couldn't open my teeth more than a little bit. I could barely fit a straw so I had to just drink liquids for about a week and the pain lasted for more than a week. Then up to the present, recently this year I was in the dentist's office and we got to the point again where the hygienist said you know this just isn't working, the cleanings every 3 months just aren't enough you're going to need to see a Periodontist...and she said you're either going to need to have this oral surgery where they wanted to cut my gums fold them down and scrape the roots or you can do laser treatment. Well I had never heard of that before and I said, if it were your mouth what would you do? And she said "Oh no contest, the laser treatment is far superior" and she said Dr. Moran is the best! She said the unfortunate thing is that your insurance might not pay because I have very poor insurance and I thought, well it doesn't matter I want to do what's best, these are the only teeth I have and I want to try and save them. So I came in, when I came in to have the procedure.... It was amazing. I mean, they just had me lay back in the chair and count to ten, I didn't even get to ten, next thing I know I woke up and they said it was all over! She said you can just take an Advil tonight. Well that night I didn't have much pain I took the Advil anyways, the next day I didn't even bother. So I had no residual pain no damage to soft tissue, and at my next appointment when they went in they were amazed at the results, when they went in measured it was like 3,3,3 and I actually had some bone regrowth. Now I brush my teeth I have no more bleeding or sensitivity. I went in and had my cleaning a couple of days ago and they don't even bother to give me painkiller anymore because I no longer have the sensitivity and pain that I had before and the bleeding...I can't even remember now the last time that I've had bleeding of the gums since I had that treatment. I highly recommend it, and I would tell anybody whatever you do don't let them cut back your gums and do the alternative... the laser is the only way to go. When I went to my regular dentist and I went in there saying, and he could see the results of my x-rays... it was practically like a miracle, the difference because I've had this forty year history of bad gums and have such amazing results and I said to my doctor how happy I was and how I wasn't having all my sensitivity and bleeding, there's such an improvement on the x-rays. I said to him, I don't know why anybody, would do this other, why you would even recommend for anybody else would go any other route besides the laser! Since it's non intrusive and so successful and he then said he's going to start doing laser treatments. Dr. Moran is wonderful, she's not only, I just can't say enough good things about how happy I am with the results. This whole office they're just great. They're so nice. When I come here, I feel like I'm coming to see friends they put you at ease. I describe some of my previous experiences, I can also say that the communication, they're compassionate and they're honest and I've never felt like bolting out of the door like I have at a few other offices... It's just been a great experience all around. I highly recommend Dr. Moran.