Question 1

What is GumGauge?

Accepted Answer

GumGauge is developing a bite-held mouthpiece and chairside software for periodontal measurement. The planned workflow combines full-arch capture, clinician review, and visit comparison. About one minute is the session-time target, not measured performance.

Question 2

What problem is GumGauge designed to address?

Accepted Answer

Manual periodontal charting is performed site by site and can vary with technique and documentation workflow. GumGauge is being designed to make repeatable, site-resolved measurement and visit comparison easier at the chair. Those performance goals still require engineering verification and clinical validation.

Question 3

How is it different from manual probing?

Accepted Answer

Manual probing is performed one site at a time with a periodontal probe. GumGauge is being developed as a bite-held chairside workflow with ultrasound as the depth source and optical channels for relative activity maps. The target is a site-resolved full-arch session in about one minute, followed by clinician review. These are design targets, not measured performance claims.

Question 4

Is it a good fit for my practice?

Accepted Answer

GumGauge is being designed around general dentistry, periodontal, and hygiene workflows. Practice requirements and the final configuration are still being defined. A sample-data software walkthrough is a way to discuss your practice's workflow with our team; it does not demonstrate a working device.

Question 5

What will GumGauge cost?

Accepted Answer

Preliminary planning ranges are $6,000–9,500 for a device, $300–500 per month for a proposed lease, $450–750 per month for software per practice seat, and $8–12 for a sleeve per evaluation. These are not offers or finalized prices; GumGauge is not available for sale. For questions, email sales@gumgaugedental.com.

Question 6

Will it work with the software my practice already uses?

Accepted Answer

Not yet. The current software demonstrates a sample PMS handoff, but there is no live practice-management integration. Any production connection will require product-specific implementation, security review, validation, and practice configuration.

Question 7

What about HIPAA and patient privacy?

Accepted Answer

This marketing website holds no patient data, and public software demos use sample data. A future deployment handling protected health information would require a security risk assessment, appropriate vendor agreements, technical controls, policies, and monitoring. Read our HIPAA Readiness Statement for the current scope; no HIPAA compliance claim is being made.

Question 8

Where is GumGauge in the FDA process?

Accepted Answer

GumGauge is not cleared or approved by the FDA and is not available for clinical use. No hardware or clinical performance data exists. Classification, predicate, premarket pathway, intended use, and evidence requirements remain under review; no FDA submission has been filed.

Question 9

How do I get on the list?

Accepted Answer

Fill out the Become a Partner form or book a demo and our team may follow up. Registration signals interest and requests development updates; it does not promise clinical access, timing, or eligibility.