Soft Tissue Grafting in Chino, CA
If you have periodontal disease, chances are you may also struggle with receding gums. This can cause unwanted discomfort, sensitivity, and even tooth loss over time. With soft-tissue grafting, your doctor can re-establish your gum line, avoid further deterioration, and enhance your smile.
Why do I need soft tissue grafting?
Restoring your gums with soft tissue grafting helps protect your remaining teeth, reducing your risk of future tooth loss due to gum disease. Along with other periodontal treatments, it’s an ideal solution for patients with moderate to advanced gum disease. You’ll also experience less tooth sensitivity, and enhance the natural appearance of your smile.
Why do I need soft tissue grafting?
Restoring your gums with soft tissue grafting helps protect your remaining teeth, reducing your risk of future tooth loss due to gum disease. Along with other periodontal treatments, it’s an ideal solution for patients with moderate to advanced gum disease. You’ll also experience less tooth sensitivity, and enhance the natural appearance of your smile.
Did You Know?
With proper at-home oral hygiene and periodontal care, your gum grafts can last a lifetime.
The Benefits of Soft Tissue Grafting
Reverse Gum Damage
Serious cases of gum disease or things like over brushing aggressively can cause gum recession and damage, which may harm your oral health. With soft tissue grafting, you can reverse most or all of this damage, and smile proudly once again.
Enhance Your Smile
Receding gums can make your smile look unbalanced, giving you a “toothy” smile since your gums have receded. Soft tissue grafting restores the natural shape, lines, and volume of your gums. This, in turn, makes you more confident in your smile.
Minimize Tooth Sensitivity
Not only does gum recession affect your appearance, but it also can make your teeth sensitive. Some of the lower parts of your teeth will be exposed, and these are more sensitive to heat, cold, and pressure. With soft tissue grafting, you can cover these teeth up and mitigate sensitivity.
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The Soft Tissue Grafting Process
Initial Consultation
First, you’ll need to meet with need a comprehensive Periodontal Consultation with Dr. Mardirossian and establish a personalized accurate diagnosis & treatment therapeutic plan to address your gum recession concerns. Then, Dr. Mardirossian will let you know if you’re a candidate for soft tissue grafting.
Soft Tissue Grafting Surgery
Dr. Mardirossian will clean and numb the treatment site. Then, he'll take some oral tissue from elsewhere in your mouth and carefully suture it to your gums with delicate, fine stitches. Over time, this tissue will heal and bond with your existing gum tissue, restoring your oral health.
Healing & Aftercare
Dr. Mardirossian will send you home with a set of recovery instructions. Your mouth will mostly be healed within 1-2 weeks, though it could take up to 4-8 weeks for your mouth to heal completely.
Before & Afters
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Cosmetic Gum Grafts
Covering exposed roots with patient derived Natural Connective tissue for functional & esthetic outcomes
Frequently Asked Questions
Check out these frequently asked questions, or call us to speak with our team.
Soft tissue grafting typically uses an “autograft.” This means that Dr. Mardirossian will take tissue from elsewhere in your mouth, then apply it to your gums. This tissue is most often harvested from the roof of your mouth, where primary source of quality and volume of autograft tissue exists. However, unlike most surgeons, Dr. Mardirossian will also make you a custom comfort retainer (palatal guard) for ease, comfort, and quicker healing of your palatal tissue before the end of your appointment.
No. Your mouth will be completely numb during your appointment, so you won’t feel any pain or discomfort. Your mouth may hurt after your numbing wears off, however the use of the custom palatal guard greatly reduces post-operative pain, swelling, and discomfort.
Yes. You can eat or drink as soon as you want to after surgery. However, you should only eat soft foods, since tough and crunchy foods could cause pain and interfere with the healing process.
It takes most patients about 1-2 weeks to recover. To speed up your recovery process, you’ll want to make sure you follow their healing instructions closely as you heal from your gum grafting procedure.