The Center for Dental Excellence has the most comprehensive and revolutionary gum therapy program.  In almost all cases, no matter how severe or advanced the state of gum disease is when you walk in, you will be dramatically healed in a relatively short period of time.  The key to the success of the periodontal program, called Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy, is in the active involvement of the patient. 

Preventive periodontal treatment is as precise as all the other care at CDE.  Patients learn the details of how they can totally care for their mouths.  It is in these details that patients begin to understand why the technique they used before was not working and why the approach taken at the Center for Dental Excellence is so successful.  CDE patients fully recognize the problem and fully accept that they own the solution.

This understanding creates an enthusiasm on their part that makes following the program very easy and routine.  For the most part no extra time is required above the norm of most people.  It is the increased efficiency with which they perform their home care that makes the results so good.

Each person’s mouth is different and they each require their own set of instructions.  When instructions are followed, increased health and happy smiles are always the end result.  In this age of awareness of the interactions of the oral bacteria found in gum disease and the rest of the body, it is becoming even more important to ensure the pathogenic bacteria of gum disease (periodontal disease) are thoroughly removed from the mouth.  CDE will make certain that is the case.

CDE wants all patients to know how to thoroughly and completely remove plaque from their teeth.  Total control of plaque formation through detailed and individualized educational instruction is the goal.  With each succeeding opportunity, CDE patients gain total control over their dental health.

This is a highly effective means of controlling dental disease, tissue breakdown and eliminating unnecessary dental costs.

Subsequent hygiene recare appointments become easier, quicker and more comfortable.  Enthusiastic support and participation by CDE patients creates an environment of success in home care maintenance.

Root planing and scaling is a cleaning process by which mineral deposits (calculus) that form on tooth surfaces are carefully and meticulously scraped from all the root surfaces, including those under the gum line.  It is a precise procedure done by a skilled doctor or a hygienist.

Without complete removal of these rough deposits which stick to tooth roots as tightly as barnacles stick to dock pylons, bacterial contamination will continue and keep the periodontal tissues from healing.

In more resistance cases of periodontal disease, the inflammation process won't subside without addition applications of antibacterial substances.
The most effective antibacterial materials are used at CDE:

• Tetracycline powders (Arestin)
• Chlorhexidine washes (Periogard)
• Anti-inflammatory medicines (Periostat)
• Antibiotics (case dependent)

When combined with the other effective periodontal disease controlling techniques applied at CDE, the health of the soft and hard tissues that retain the tooth is assured.

Periodontal disease is primarily a disease of neglect. CDE patients learn that they can effectively control it throughout their lives and have healthy, comfortable and beautifule smiles for a lifetime.

Customized home care instructions are probably the most important ingredient in maintaining a beautiful, healthy smile.  Dr. Prus takes great pride in having created a unique process of instructing his patients at CDE on how to maintain their mouths in total health.  Bacteria from the gums travel throughout the body and it is important to keep them from forming.  Once patients have learned the process of effective home care, their gingival health is always maintained in excellent health.  The process is easy to understand and do.  Each patient receives instructions that are tailored to their specific dental situation.

As the saying goes "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime".  At CDE you will learn the techniques of health and enjoy it for a lifetime.