Why Check-Ups Differ for Smokers
The same examination must be read differently in a smoker.
Absence of bleeding is misleading
The most practical sign in diagnosing gum disease is bleeding on probing, and smoking suppresses it. Diagnosis must therefore rest on measurement — recorded pocket depths and radiographic bone levels compared with earlier records.
In surgery and implant planning
Reduced blood flow slows healing, makes clot retention harder and markedly raises dry socket risk. In implants, smoking is the biggest single threat to success — pausing before and after the procedure directly improves the outcome.
If you are thinking of stopping
Oral tissues respond relatively quickly, and as circulation recovers the gums regain their inflammatory response — bleeding may reappear. Patients often misread this as deterioration, when in fact the hidden warning system has returned.
Getting Here, Booking and Emergencies from Yuksekalan
Route, booking and emergency arrangements for patients from Yuksekalan.
Getting here from Yuksekalan
Yüksekalan lies in the Muratpaşa district of Antalya; Muratpaşa is one of the central districts, about 2 kilometres from the clinic. We also see patients from neighbouring areas that share the route from Yuksekalan, such as Yeşildere, Balbey, Deniz, Gebizli. You can ask for the location on WhatsApp when travelling from Yuksekalan.
Appointments for Yuksekalan
At this distance, splitting treatment into visits is no problem for patients from Yüksekalan, and attending reviews is easy too. As with patients from Muratpasa generally, appointments for families from Yuksekalan can be scheduled consecutively.
Emergencies from Yuksekalan
Setting out from Yüksekalan at night is quick; come without delay in an emergency, and calling as you leave means preparation is done in advance. For patients coming from Dental Clinic in Yuksekalan, the clinic is open 24/7 and in an emergency the order is set by severity rather than arrival time. For spreading facial swelling, difficulty swallowing or breathing, or toothache with fever, go to the nearest emergency department.
What to Expect After Gum Treatment
Some changes after deep cleaning alarm patients, yet most are signs of healing. Knowing which are expected and which are problems makes this period easier.
Expected changes
These appear in the first weeks and settle with time:
- Sensitivity to cold, as the root surface is exposed
- Some recession, visible because the swelling has subsided
- Spaces between the teeth becoming more visible
- A temporary sense of looseness, then firming
- Bleeding reducing markedly within two to three weeks
Why the gums look receded
Before treatment the gum was swollen with inflammation and covered part of the root. As the inflammation subsides the tissue returns to its true size and the underlying bone loss becomes visible. The recession was not caused by the treatment; it was already there, hidden by the swelling. Knowing this prevents the urge to abandon treatment halfway.
When the result is assessed
Six to eight weeks after treatment the measurements are repeated and compared with the originals. What is expected: a 1 to 2 mm reduction in pocket depths and a marked fall in the number of bleeding sites. Without that measurement there is no way to know whether the treatment worked. Where pockets of 6 mm and above remain and bleeding persists, surgery is then considered — not immediately after treatment.

































































