Dental Check-up and Cleaning
It is important to come for regular check-up and cleaning appointments with your dentist. Even if you brush and floss regularly and with the proper technique, bacteria and plaque can still lurk in places you cannot see with your naked eye. We recommend a visit every 6 months.
Benefits of Dental Check-up and Cleaning
1. Scaling
Scaling gets rid of plaque, tartar and bacterial toxins on the teeth. This helps to keep your teeth and gums healthy, preventing gum disease and bad breath. If you are experiencing bleeding gums, you may have an early stage of gum disease and may be required to do a more intensive gum treatment called root planing.
2. Polishing
Polishing is usually performed after scaling to eliminate stains caused by coffee, tea or red wine. Normally, your dentist will use a soft rubber cup together with a mildly gritty paste to polish your teeth. Sometimes, a “prophyjet” may be used. This instrument will blast a spray of powder on your teeth to remove more stubborn stains. Polishing will leave your pearly-whites smooth and clean.
3. Fluoride Therapy
Fluoride is an important mineral that helps keep tooth decay at bay. We recommend that you have fluoride treatment done every 6 months, together with your routine scaling and polishing, for your teeth and gums to be in the best health.
The enamel layer of our teeth will gradually be eroded by the acidic food and drinks that we consume or the acids that are produced by bacteria in the mouth. Fluoride treatments done in a dental clinic can help to strengthen our tooth enamel, through the process of “remineralization”. This helps prevent and even reverse tooth decay. The fluoride, which may take the form of a gel, cream or varnish, will be applied to your teeth and left there to be absorbed.
