Periodontal flap surgery describes the state of-the-art techniques and most commonly used approach to the surgical treatment and plastic surgical repair of periodontal pockets. “Pocketing” is the end result of inflammation and infection that causes the loss of tissue attachment to the teeth, one common consequence of periodontal (gum) disease.

Today’s dental lasers are more focused and targeted for specific issues, including treatment of periodontal (gum) disease. Flap surgery has been used to combat periodontal disease for years, but laser flap surgery has been used now- a days for its various advantages over conventional procedures. Laser gum treatment has completely transformed the way dental professionals approach periodontal disease. Periodontists in particular have found that removing diseased tissue with lasers rather than a scalpel can be more comfortable for dental patients. That’s partly because a laser actually seals the tissue it cuts, rather than leaving a wound that requires stitches, there are no incisions separating the gum tissue from the underlying bone so that it is considered minimally invasive.