Professional dental cleaning, including professional scaling, removes the tartar and plaque that build up despite good daily hygiene. It helps prevent cavities, gingivitis and periodontal disease, while contributing to good oral health. The cleaning also comes with advice suited to your hygiene habits.
A professional cleaning, also called scaling, removes the plaque and tartar that build up on the teeth. This is what helps prevent decay, gingivitis and periodontal disease.
Left untreated, periodontal disease can progress into more serious problems: damage to the bone and tissues of the mouth, tooth loss, and effects on general health.
Good hygiene at home remains essential, but even with thorough brushing and flossing, bacteria still build up. Over time, calcium deposits — tartar — form on the teeth and create the ideal environment near the gums for those bacteria to grow.
It is precisely this hardened deposit that brushing can no longer remove, and that is the reason for an in-clinic cleaning.
At the interval recommended for you: it depends on the condition of your gums and on how quickly tartar builds up, which is not the same from one person to the next.
Without waiting for that interval, some signs are worth an appointment: gums that bleed when you brush, tartar visible at the base of the teeth, or bad breath that persists despite good hygiene.
Scaling removes the plaque and tartar deposited on the teeth and along the gum, with hand instruments or ultrasonic ones.
It ends with polishing, and with hygiene advice adjusted to your habits: brushing technique, flossing, and the areas that are harder to reach in your mouth in particular.
The gums can be sensitive for a few days after scaling, especially if there was a lot of tartar to remove. That sensitivity fades.
Brushing and flossing resume as usual, gently on the sensitive areas. Keeping to the recommended interval is what stops tartar from settling back in.
Professional dental cleaning, also called scaling, removes the plaque and tartar that brushing can no longer take off, even with good hygiene at home. Often combined with the dental exam, it helps prevent decay, gingivitis and periodontal disease, and eases signs such as gums that bleed or persistent bad breath. Our Repentigny clinic welcomes patients from Charlemagne, Le Gardeur and L’Assomption.
The care that helps maintain the health of your teeth and your gums over time.
A dental exam assesses the condition of the teeth, the gums and the tissues of the mouth. Done regularly, it helps catch a problem at an early stage, before it worsens and calls for a longer procedure. Depending on what it shows, the professional may recommend X-rays or specific follow-up.
Root planing and curettage are non-surgical procedures that remove the bacteria and tartar lodged in the periodontal pockets and along the roots of the teeth. The treatment is carried out under local anaesthetic and takes two to four sessions, depending on how severe the problem is and how many teeth are affected.
In some patients the gum gradually recedes and exposes the root: this is gum recession. When it comes from an unsuitable brushing technique, simply reviewing that technique can be enough to stop it progressing. When a graft is the chosen option, it involves taking tissue from the palate and grafting it at the affected site.
The information presented is general and does not replace an assessment by a professional.
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