Going to the dentist for a visit every six months or so goes a long way to helping with keeping your teeth and gums healthy. Your mouth is a highly specialised collection of parts which work together to make your life easier. If any one part of it becomes diseased or loses functionality then it can threaten the smooth working of the whole thing. Your dentist is best placed to examine the whole of your mouth so that it stays healthy for you.
But keeping a check on the health of your teeth, gums and tongue is not the only reason to go to the dentist. There are things that your dentist can do in the surgery that you will be unable to do at home. One of these things involves the removal of tartar. You might not have heard of tartar, but you will probably know all about plaque and how that can threaten the health of your mouth. Plaque and tartar are really the same thing, tartar is just the hardened form of plaque.
It is just as damaging as plaque but with the added inconvenience that it cannot be removed by brushing alone with a tooth brush like you do every day at home. By administering a process known as scaling and polishing, your dentist can effectively remove the hardened tartar from your teeth, leaving them free from the threat of dental decay and gum disease that they can cause.
If you are concerned about tartar, talk to your City of Leeds dentist about scaling and polishing in order to get rid of it. An added bonus of the process is that your mouth will look better afterwards too as tartar can give teeth a yellow hue.
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