I can't quite remember exactly when I went to this office.
To my horror I was going to a dental office every 4 and half months for scaling. They always measured my pockets and I remembered some 5mm pockets, normal is 1mm to 3mm. Back then I asked what the point of the measurements was? They had no answer. I know now the answer is to get Scaling and Root planning work on those pockets ASAP! Dental offices are corrupt. Their inaction on these pockets leads to teeth pulling or root canals. They are setting you up. Well, to the horror. I was getting scaling done, and the hygienist pointed out an inflamed pocket, she didn't call the dentist, didn't do anything to deal with the pocket; only leaving it to me to reschedule to have it looked at. Absolute BS. Perhaps, I was careless in my manual brushing, I went home and brushed the inflamed pocket only for it to erupt. The situation got bad, to the point my gum was infected. I couldn't go back to this corrupt dental office, so went to the hospital and I was prescribed some rinse, oral paste, and antibiotics. I subsequently went to other dental offices to get this infection under control.
Part of this process was going to Aurora Periodontal Centre. He wanted to pull all my teeth and put in a bridge, WTF. I was delusional, I grew up with emphasis on the teeth and giving no thought to the gums. They did nothing to help me with my gum infection, no scaling or root planning; only to pull my teeth was their help. Thanks for nothing.
Yes, years later I still have those teeth and they work great. What I have is significant gum loss. The dental offices I have gone to since, have done nothing to help repair my gum loss via referrals.
I have all my teeth and no root canals. I should have had scaling and root planning done, for whatever reason this was not done and I have suffered gum issues because of it. If your gum line is in tact and they are measuring more than 3 mm pockets get a referral to competent periodontal office, not one that wants to rip your teeth out. read more