Costly complications of untreated or undertreated periodontal disease - for your patients and your practice
Without comprehensive treatment, periodontal infection and inflammation can have severe consequences
For your patients
Leads to costly complications
- Further spread of infection
- More tissue damage
- Surgery
- Loss of teeth
Potentially affects overall health
- Heart disease
- Stroke
- Diabetes
- Pre-term, low birth-weight babies
For your practice
- Failure to diagnose and treat periodontal disease is a leading cause of dental malpractice in the U.S.
Despite these risks
- Less than 30% of practices perform regular full-mouth probing and charting
- Practices that treat comprehensively with locally applied antibiotics do so in only 25% of pockets ≥ 5mm
