Prevent · Perio Protect® Tray Therapy

The part of gum care that happens at home.

With Perio Protect®, you wear a custom-made tray at home for about 10 to 15 minutes, once or twice a day. Made from a digital scan of your own teeth, it carries a gel Dr. Oh prescribes into the pockets around your gums — your part of the plan, between visits.

Dr. Eric Oh, DDS MS, is a general dentist and a trained Perio Protect® provider. The tray is one piece of a plan, alongside your cleanings and sometimes laser therapy. Not everyone is a candidate; we'll tell you honestly if we don't think it's likely to help.

What Perio Protect® is, in plain terms

Perio Protect® is a custom tray Dr. Oh prescribes. It holds a gel below the gumline while you wear it — the daily, non-invasive part of your gum-health plan, done at home between visits.

Your part of the plan, between visits

The Perio Tray®'s seal is designed to hold the gel in the space between your gums and teeth, and you wear it as Dr. Oh directs.

The gel, how often, and how long are his decisions for you. It doesn't replace brushing, flossing, or your hygiene visits. It sits alongside them — the piece of gum care you can do every day without anyone working in your mouth.

Alongside LANAP®

After laser gum therapy, most of the work of keeping your gums healthy happens at home, between visits. For some LANAP® patients, Dr. Oh adds a Perio Tray® to that daily routine as one more way to reach below the gumline.

The tray hasn't been studied specifically after laser therapy. We use it because it's simple and gives us one more way to keep working on treated areas. It's a supplement to laser care and hygiene visits, not a replacement for either.

Told you need gum surgery? Call us first.

If another office has told you that you need gum surgery, that may well be the right call. Before you decide, it's worth a conversation.

Dr. Oh will look at your gums and x-rays, measure how deep the pockets are, and tell you plainly what he sees. For some patients, daily tray therapy alongside professional cleanings is a reasonable first step, with a date set to re-measure.

For others, surgery or laser treatment is the better answer, and we'll say so. Dr. Oh is a general dentist, and trays are not a substitute for treatment you actually need.

We won't promise that a tray will make surgery unnecessary. What we will do is measure, treat, re-measure, and be honest about what the numbers say.

What to expect, honestly

The research on Perio Protect® is small. A few short, manufacturer-supported trials reported greater reductions in pocket depth and gum bleeding when the tray was added to a deep cleaning.

No professional guideline has evaluated it. That's why we treat it as one piece of a plan rather than the plan itself, and why we measure your gums at every visit instead of assuming. If the numbers aren't moving, we'll change course with you.

Done at home, on your schedule
A short session each day at your own sink, worked in around your morning or evening routine.
Nothing is cut or numbed
Wearing the tray isn't a procedure. No anesthetic, no instruments, no one working in your mouth.
Made for your teeth alone
The Perio Tray® is custom-made from a digital scan of your own mouth, so it's fitted to you and no one else.
Fits beside LANAP® and GBT
Whether you're in laser care or on a hygiene rhythm with us, the tray can be added to the plan you already have.
Straight answers
Not everyone is a good candidate. We'll tell you plainly if we don't think a tray is likely to help you.

Questions we hear

Is Perio Protect® FDA approved?
Cleared, not approved — and only the tray. The FDA cleared the Perio Protect® Tray as a device “to place solutions of the clinician's choice into gingival crevices or periodontal pockets” (510(k) K031809, 2004). It doesn't cover the gel and says nothing about any disease.
How long do I have to wear it?
Usually about 10 to 15 minutes, once or twice a day. Dr. Oh sets the gel, the timing, and how often. It's written for you, not pulled from a default.
What's in the gel?
Most often a 1.7% hydrogen peroxide gel, sold as Perio Gel®. It's a gel Dr. Oh prescribes for use with the tray, and he'll go over how it's used and what to expect at your fitting visit.
Does it actually work?
A few small, manufacturer-supported trials reported more improvement in pocket depth and bleeding when the tray was added to a deep cleaning. Results vary, so we measure yours.
Can the tray replace a deep cleaning or LANAP?
No. The tray is an add-on to professional care, not a stand-in for it. If your gums need a deep cleaning, LANAP®, or surgery, a tray on its own won't do that job, and we'll say so.
Are there side effects?
Dr. Oh will go over possible side effects at your fitting visit. If anything feels off, stop and call us. We'd rather adjust the plan than have you push through.

Your plan, step by step

How a tray becomes part of your plan

Four steps: measure first, scan your teeth, fit the tray, then a home routine we re-measure at every visit.

STEP 01

Measure first

Dr. Oh examines your gums, measures the pockets, and reviews your x-rays. If a tray makes sense for you, he says so. If it doesn't, he says that too.

STEP 02

Digital scan

We take a digital scan of your teeth and send it to the lab. Your Perio Tray® comes back custom-made to fit your mouth and no one else's.

STEP 03

Fitting and first session

You try the tray in with us. Dr. Oh checks the fit, prescribes the gel, and shows you exactly how much to use, how long to wear it, and how often.

STEP 04

Home routine, then re-measure

You wear it daily at home. At your hygiene visits we re-measure your gums and adjust the plan — keep going, change something, or step up to other treatment.

Wondering whether a tray fits your plan? Call us.

Call (973) 808-4373 and we'll set up a visit — an honest look at your gums and whether Perio Protect® makes sense for you.

Call (973) 808-4373

Eric Oh, DDS MS, is a general dentist and a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Laser Dentistry. Laser dentistry is not a dental specialty recognized by the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry; Dr. Oh provides the services described on this page as a general dentist. Perio Protect provider training is a manufacturer program, not a dental specialty or a credential. Perio Protect®, Perio Tray®, and Perio Gel® are registered trademarks of Inter-Med, Inc. LANAP® is a registered trademark of Millennium Dental Technologies, Inc. Sora Dentistry is an independent practice and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Inter-Med, Inc., Perio Protect, LLC, or Millennium Dental Technologies, Inc.