ACCESS FLAP SURGERY
Sometimes periodontal surgery is required in areas that do not respond to initial root planing. Surgery generally involves gently lifting the gums to get better access to deep sites or hard to reach places such as furcations or root grooves. Most people don’t require surgery and certainly not for the entire mouth. Treatment plans for surgery sometimes follow the initial phase of non-surgical treatment to improve prognosis, as long as an excellent standard of oral hygiene had been achieved.
