Recession
Gum recession without active periodontal disease.
Pathway starts withProtecting and, where appropriate, regenerating the tissue that has been lost.
Not every gum problem is the same.
Recession, active disease, both together, a healing problem, a structural one. Each starts somewhere different.
We diagnose the reason first.
Five categories, five starting points.
Periodontal Disease
Active periodontal (gum) disease.
Pathway starts withPeriodontal therapy, to bring the disease under control before anything else is considered.
Combined
Both recession and active periodontal disease present together.
Pathway starts withPeriodontal control first, then the recession.
Healing Optimisation
Systemic or healing-related factors that affect recovery.
Pathway starts withSupporting healing before and after any procedure.
Structural
Structural compromise where teeth or supporting bone are affected.
Pathway starts withWhat can realistically be preserved, rebuilt or replaced.
Patient guide
Gum recession
Why it happens, what the evidence says treatment can achieve, and where it stops. Written for patients, with every figure sourced.
Read the guideThe pathways we work within.
Which one applies is your dentist's call, after assessing you.
Periodontal Therapy
Gum Grafting
Implant Surgery
Bone Grafting (GBR)
