Everyone needs to have their teeth cleaned professionally in Bowmanville, even if they have an immaculate oral hygiene routine.
Benefits of Professional Hygiene Appointments
There are many benefits to having your teeth cleaned professionally, and a regular routine is as important as brushing and flossing every day. Having your teeth cleaned professionally helps maintain strong, healthy gums and cavity-free teeth. When our hygienists clean your teeth regularly, it helps keep them brighter and shinier by removing surface stains, plaque, and tartar.
Most people with reasonable dental health benefit from six-monthly cleanings. It’s convenient and easy to book a cleaning when you schedule your regular dental exam. This professional preventive regime will take only an hour or less every 6 months, and you will gain peace of mind knowing your teeth and gums are healthy and disease-free.
There are several types of dental cleanings available, each appropriate in certain situations.
Regular Prophylaxis
If you visit West Bowmanville Family Dental regularly, you probably only need to have routine dental cleanings. A prophylaxis is a preventive treatment that can be completed in as little as 30 minutes.
A routine dental cleaning in Newcastle should not cause any pain or discomfort. During this treatment, our experienced hygienist uses an ultrasonic scaler to loosen tartar (hardened plaque), before scraping or scaling it away with a small handheld instrument called a scaler.
Once your teeth are cleaned, we can carefully polish them, leaving them feeling super smooth and looking beautifully shiny. Afterward, we may recommend topical fluoride applications, such as varnish or a professional-strength mouthwash. This is another preventive treatment that helps harden your tooth enamel and is entirely non-invasive and completely safe.
Scaling and Root Planing
This type of cleaning is a deep dental cleaning and may be recommended if you have signs of gum disease, a condition called periodontitis in Clarington. It is similar to an ordinary hygiene treatment, but also cleans just below your gum line.
A scaling and root planing treatment removes tartar from your teeth and below your gums, where the gums have begun to recede and expose your tooth roots. After scaling your teeth and any exposed tooth roots, your tooth roots are planed or smoothed.
Smoothing your tooth roots helps remove tartar buildup thoroughly, and the smoother surfaces make it easier for your gums to reattach. This, in turn, helps prevent further tartar accumulation and reduces gum inflammation.
Periodontal Maintenance
Periodontal disease, or advanced gum disease, can often become chronic, meaning it requires ongoing dental care to treat it and prevent it from worsening. A periodontal maintenance cleaning or a scaling and root planing treatment may be required more frequently than an ordinary dental cleaning. Its purpose is to continue removing plaque and tartar buildup, helping to prevent gum disease from worsening and protecting your oral health.
Gross Debridement
This type of dental cleaning is sometimes recommended for people who have not had their teeth cleaned in quite some time and have significant tartar buildup.
In this situation, we may recommend a local anesthetic to ensure you feel comfortable during treatment. Sometimes several appointments are needed to clean the entire mouth.
Once complete, our dentist or hygienist can advise you on how to keep your teeth clean and how frequently to come and see us for regular dental cleanings in the future.
Are You Due for a Dental Cleaning?
Contact us to book your appointment. Please don’t worry if you haven’t seen a dentist for a while, as we never judge and provide compassionate, gentle dental care in Courtice.
