EMS
Save Implants with Guided Biofilm Therapy
It can be a challenge to maintain patients' implant restorations during the hygiene appointment—a challenge that hygienist Melissa Obrotka felt firsthand when she realized that plastic from the ultrasonic tips she was using to clean her patients’ teeth would sometimes shred during treatment. This posed a big problem: What if the plastic pieces got stuck under tissue? This could trigger inflammation around the implant that might lead to bone loss and eventual implant failure.
EMS offers a smarter approach to traditional prophylaxis with its Guided Biofilm Therapy (GBT) protocol—a systematic and predictable solution to managing dental biofilm.
Using a combination of AIRFLOW, PERIOFLOW, and PIEZON technologies, GBT is carried out using the Airflow Prophylaxis Master.
“The Airflow Prophylaxis Master helped me be much more thorough without damaging implant surfaces, and the powders that the device uses are not only gentle on tissue, but gentle on titanium and all the parts and components of implant restorations,” said Obrotka, adding that she’s able to angle the airflow device to reach bacteria in ways that traditional scaling methods could not.
Now, Obrotka feels she is a true partner in maintaining her patients’ implant restorations, which is important, especially considering the expense patients undertake to restore their dental health. “If practices are going to continue providing implant restorations, they need to have the right equipment to maintain it,” Obrotka added.
3 Reasons to Treat Implants with GBT:
1. Treatment protocols are based on individual patient diagnosis and risk assessment
2. State-of-the-art AIRFLOW, PERIOFLOW, and PIEZON technologies are proven by scientific evidence
3. Treatment is given in the least invasive way with the highest level of safety, comfort, and efficiency
