Your bone and the gum tissue should fit snugly around your teeth like a turtleneck around your neck. When you have a periodontal disease this supporting tissue and bone is destroyed forming pockets can result in bone and tissue loss. Eventually, if too much bone is lost, the teeth will need to be extracted.

During a periodontal pocket procedure. Your Periodontist folds back to gum tissue and removes the disease-causing bacteria before securing the tissue into place. This allows the gum tissue to better reattach to healthy bone.