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What occurs during a periodontal follow-up visit?
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Reassessment : Reassessment of the pocket depths, home care and surgical site. Also light cleaning is performed and a cursory examination of the surrounding tissues is done.
Answered 8/2/2012
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Examination: A periodontal follow up visit is typically done after your get a deep cleaning or scaling and root planing as we call it. This is where we see how your gums have reacted to the deep cleaning. We will re-chart your periodontal pockets to see if there has been any improvement, and then decide what the next step would be, depending on if there was improvement or not.
Answered 5/27/2016
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