Dr. Risbrudt and his team offer a variety of services to meet their patient’s needs and their desires. They include a complete hygiene department with exemplary hygienists all trained in comprehensive periodontal maintenance and hygiene management. All of Dr. Risbrudt’s hygiene team pursue advanced continuing education, updated training and are current on all the latest periodontal improvements, treatments and options for their patient base. Periodontal disease or “pyorrhea” is a disease of the gums and the bone surrounding the teeth. It is the number one condition facing most adults, young and the more mature. Our dental hygienists screen for periodontal disease and intercept it as early as possible. This is an attempt to prevent bone loss; tooth extractions and new studies indicate the negative effects of this disease on patients with a weakened heart or weakened immune system. In those rare instances where our level of expertise is exceeded, we have established a wonderful network of hghly qualified specialists (periodontists) to render the appropriate treatment and then return you to Dr. Risbrudt’s preventive maintenance program.