Periodontics Specialists

Periodontics is the dental specialty focused on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal disease and supporting structures of the teeth. Periodontists perform scaling, root planing, gum grafts, crown lengthening, pocket reduction surgery, and place dental implants.

7,641 periodontists listed on Dental Refer.

Procedures periodontists perform

  • Scaling & Root Planing
  • Gum Grafts
  • Crown Lengthening
  • Pocket Reduction
  • Dental Implants

When general dentists refer to periodontists

  • Periodontitis that has not stabilised after non-surgical therapy
  • Deep pocketing or furcation involvement requiring surgical access
  • Recession needing soft-tissue grafting
  • Crown lengthening before restorative work
  • Peri-implant disease

Indications describe what this specialty treats. They are not treatment advice for any individual patient — that judgement stays with the treating clinician.

What to include with the referral

  • A current six-point periodontal chart
  • Full-mouth or vertical bitewing radiographs
  • Smoking status and glycaemic control where known, as both affect planning
  • What non-surgical therapy has already been completed, and when

What comes back

A periodontal report with a full charting, the therapy provided, and a maintenance interval — including which practice owns recall, since split maintenance between generalist and specialist is a common source of patients falling out of care.

Dental Refer closes that loop in the record rather than by fax: the specialist report returns against the original referral, so the referring practice can see which cases are still open. Read more about how referrals are transmitted and the HIPAA posture behind it.

Professional guidance for this specialty: American Academy of Periodontology

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