Perio & Implant at Washington Metro is committed to one important thing: rebuilding and improving the smiles for Rockville and Washington, DC citizens. Our practice specializes in helping people who have missing teeth or are suffering from gum disease. These conditions can be very destructive to a persons oral AND overall health, and our passion is to stop them. With our board-certified periodontist, Dr. Jean Li, and our team, we can make even the most damaged smiles look beautiful and stay healthy for many years to come.
Whether you live in Washington, DC or in the neighboring town of Rockville, you have convenient access to Dr. Jean Lis special kind of care. Often, when a patient is referred to a specialist, they need to run all over town in order to find what they need. With Dr. Jean Li being based in two different locations, itll be easier than ever for you to restore your smile on your own schedule.
Dr. Jean Li is a board-certified periodontist, which means she has taken years of specialized training after she received her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. She has spent hundreds of hours studying, applying, and refining her methods so that she can provide gentle but effective care to all of her patients. You simply wont find this kind of experience and skill at just any dental office. Thanks to her dedication to training and education, shell deliver the kind of results that can truly affect your entire life.
Periodontal disease (also known as gum disease) is the most common dental problem in the entire world, affecting nearly 50% of the US adult population alone. Treatment for this condition can range from a simple cleaning to complicated surgery, but the only thing that remains the same is that you need the right doctor, a true specialist, to perform it. Dr. Jean Li has spent years treating patients with this damaging infection, and shell know exactly what to do to find the disease, treat it, and make sure it never comes back.
More and more general dentists are offering to perform the dental implant placement surgery, but what they have in marketing doesnt make up for their lack of experience. Nearly 20% of all dental implants placed by general dentists fail, and thats because they dont have nearly the experience or training that a specialist like Dr. Jean Li does. She has literally placed thousands of implants and saved thousands of smiles using this state-of-the-art treatment. In fact, when placed by a periodontist like Dr. Jean Li, the success rate for dental implants instantly shoots up to 98%.
Dr. Jean Li was drawn to the dental industry by a drive to improve peoples health and the way they see themselves. When someone has a smile, they can be proud of; they radiate a new kind of self-confidence that makes them comfortable sharing it at every joyous moment. Dr. Li began her education at the University of Detroit Mercy, where she succeeded in receiving her DDS degree, but her ambitions didnt end there.
She would continue her education by moving on to Rutgers University in New Jersey. Here she would begin and complete her periodontics training, finally achieving her ambition of being a periodontal specialist. After years of study, Dr. Li is recognized as a respected periodontal specialist. She uses these skills to restore the health of her patients gums and provide implants that can turn any smile into a beautiful set of pearly whites.
Her dedication to her profession didnt end there; she went on to go through the grueling process of not just becoming board-certified, but of achieving the position of Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. This achievement required additional training, education, and passing of exams that qualified her to carry the title. To maintain her Diplomate status, she undergoes a recertification every six years, guaranteeing shes up to date with the latest in dental and periodontal practices.
Dr. Li provides an inclusive practice, serving the Washington DC community with exceptional periodontal care in an inclusive environment. She serves a broad community by offering multi-lingual care in Korean, Mandarin Chinese, and English. If youre looking for a respected periodontist to provide you with specialty care in the DC area, call Dr. Jean Li at Perio & Implants at Washington Metro.