Hello,
Not that i'm trying to get out of going to the dentist but there is often a wait to see them and there is not always one available.
You could use something like the Vitapick (http://www.albrite.com/) no affiliation to disclose but i've ordered one and hope it arrives soon and am going to try it out.
I envisage that although it will help kill bacteria in the pockets that it won't be able to remove subgingival calculus. Only a dentist or perhaps only a periodontist could do this.
The problem I have at the moment is that when flossing between a tooth at one of the very back corners of my mouth on the bottom left hand side the floss smell incredibly bad. No amount of flossing or brushing seems to relieve the problem and doing so brings intense bleeding.
I have ordered some revgenetics micronized resveratrol as I have read hearsey and googled a few studies suggesting the resveratrol can help reduce levels of peridontal bacteria.
At the moment I do have an appointment to see a periodontist but they couldn't fit me in until April. Also I'd really like to avoid the expense and unconvenience of gum surgery if possible. I'm thinking of going to get another scale and clean from my dentist soon. But in regards to removing calculus I found the following in wikipedia which makes me wonder if there is no an intelligent way we can do this using science and oppositely charged particles or break the ionic attraction ... or something.. I failed chem ):...
http://en.wikipedia....i/Periodontitis
"Because the root cause of subgingival calculus development is ionic attraction, it was hypothesized that the introduction of oppositely charged particles around the formations may chelate calcium phosphate salt components away from the matrix, thus actually reducing the size of subgingival calculus formations.
To accomplish this, a sequestering agent solution comprised partly of Sodium Tripolyphosphate (STPP) and Sodium Fluoride (charge -1) was tested on a patient with burnished and new subgingival calculus at a depth of 6mm. The patient delivered the solution using an oral irrigator, once a day, for sixty days. The results of this test were the successful elimination of all calculus formations studied.[10] This test was conducted using a subgingival endoscopic camera (Perioscope) by an independent periodontist.
The promise of this new, alternative treatment is to keep subgingival calculus at bay, in concert with traditional periodontal treatments. In this way, periodontitis may be controlled by the patient, with complete restoration of dental health being a collaborative effort between the patient and the dental professional."