{"id":13282,"date":"2026-08-30T06:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T06:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unidenta.ee\/periodontitis-treatment-in-tallinn\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T06:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T06:18:07","slug":"periodontitis-treatment-in-tallinn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unidenta.ee\/en\/periodontitis-treatment-in-tallinn\/","title":{"rendered":"Periodontitis treatment in Tallinn: stages, cost and what it saves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Periodontitis is chronic inflammation of the tissues around the tooth that destroys the bone holding it. Unlike decay, it does not hurt at first \u2014 which is exactly why most patients arrive once their teeth are already loose. Periodontitis, not decay, is the leading cause of tooth loss in adults.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How periodontitis develops<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gingivitis.<\/strong> Plaque collects at the gum line, the gum reddens and bleeds when brushed. At this stage the damage is fully reversible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Early periodontitis.<\/strong> Inflammation reaches the bone. A pocket forms between gum and tooth where a brush cannot reach.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moderate.<\/strong> Bone has receded, tooth necks are exposed, teeth become sensitive.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Severe.<\/strong> Teeth are mobile, their position changes, gaps appear. Some teeth can no longer be saved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Signs you must not ignore<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gums bleed when brushing or flossing.<\/li>\n<li>Persistent bad breath or a bad taste.<\/li>\n<li>Gums have receded, teeth look longer.<\/li>\n<li>Teeth have become sensitive to cold.<\/li>\n<li>A tooth is mobile or your bite feels different.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A healthy gum does not bleed. If it bleeds, that is inflammation \u2014 not brushing too hard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treatment stages and prices<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Diagnostics.<\/strong> First consultation with imaging \u20ac30. Pocket depths are measured and bone level assessed on the radiograph.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Professional cleaning.<\/strong> Scale and stain removal by a hygienist \u20ac100. Scaling a single tooth \u20ac15.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deep cleaning.<\/strong> Cleaning the pockets from the root surface, done under anaesthetic. Often split across several visits.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Surgical stage.<\/strong> If needed, gingivectomy across 3\u20134 teeth \u20ac80 or gum surgery from \u20ac150.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maintenance.<\/strong> Check-up and cleaning every 3\u20134 months \u2014 without it, periodontitis returns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why an ordinary cleaning is not enough<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plaque at the gum line comes off with a normal cleaning. But once a pocket is 4\u20135 mm deep, calculus builds up on the root surface below the gum, where neither a brush nor a routine cleaning reaches. Removing it requires anaesthetic and separate instruments. That is why periodontitis treatment is its own process, not a single hygiene visit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What treatment realistically achieves<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lost bone cannot be regrown \u2014 the aim is to stop the inflammation and preserve the bone that remains. Timing is therefore critical: treatment started early keeps teeth for decades; started late, it saves some of them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Periodontitis and implants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Implants are not placed in a mouth with untreated periodontitis. The same bacteria cause peri-implantitis and an implant is lost faster than a natural tooth. Periodontitis has to be brought under control first.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Risk factors<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smoking \u2014 raises the risk several times over and masks bleeding, so the disease is found later.<\/li>\n<li>Diabetes, especially poorly controlled.<\/li>\n<li>Genetic predisposition.<\/li>\n<li>Irregular cleaning between the teeth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If your gums bleed, do not wait \u2014 book an appointment at Unidenta in Tallinn. At an early stage one thorough cleaning and hygiene instruction (\u20ac10) is often enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Periodontitis, not decay, is the leading cause of tooth loss in adults. Hygienist cleaning \u20ac100, gum surgery from \u20ac150, gingivectomy \u20ac80. The earlier you start, the more teeth you keep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dental-treatment"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unidenta.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unidenta.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unidenta.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unidenta.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unidenta.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unidenta.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unidenta.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unidenta.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unidenta.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}