There are a number of things that only your dentist can do at his or her surgery. Procedures like root canal treatment and the fitting of braces are obvious but dentists can also contribute to the cleaning of teeth by using a special process that can only be carried out at the surgery. It is called scaling and polishing and it leaves you with that ‘dentist clean’ feeling in your mouth.
The aim of scaling and polishing is to removed tartar from the teeth and make the teeth less likely to accommodate plaque in the near future. Tartar is basically plaque that has built up to point where it has hardened into a substance that is extremely difficult to remove with home oral care. Brushing alone is not sufficient to remove tartar from the teeth.
The scaling part of scaling and polishing is when the tartar is removed from the teeth using special things like hooks that scrape the tartar from teeth. Then the dentist administers the polishing which makes the surfaces of teeth smoother. Plaque needs a slightly rough surface on which to cling easily and if your dentist can be smoothed by the dentist polishing them then plaque will find it more difficult to stick to teeth.
Your teeth will instantly feel cleaner and you can rest assured in the knowledge that plaque will find it more difficult to find a foot hold in your mouth for a short time at least. The process is a quick and dentists in the City of Leeds usually carry it out as part of the six months check up that you will go to twice a year.
Modern products that are now on sale in the city of Leeds are far more effective than the old ones ever were and with the right brushing and flossing techniques, you should be able to keep plaque at bay indefinitely. Well that may well be true in fantasy, but in reality, not all of us adhere to the rules of oral hygiene and you only have to take your eye off the ball for a couple of days and tartar will start to build up. This cannot be brushed away, which what makes going to the dentist so imperative, because after tartar, comes tooth decay and gum disease. Your dentist will be able to remove small amounts of tartar with a quick scale and clean and then finish off with a polish to remove any stains and rough surfaces that can house plaque. If however the problem has got out of hand, you may require a deep scale down beneath the gum line. Sometimes, you may require the roots to be cleaned as well to remove bacteria. Of course this is the time to ask if there is any way you can improve on your oral care you do at home and maybe adjust your lifestyle; if you smoke and drink, try to cut down and eat healthily too- give your teeth a chance eh?
There are many good reasons to go and see your dentist every six months. If you have been recently then you will know about how they administer scaling and polishing to get rid of troublesome tartar and that they look out for signs of dental decay, oral cancer and sleep apnea. But your dentist is also keeping a close eye on the state of your gums. And thank goodness they are because gum disease actually causes more cases of tooth loss than decaying teeth themselves.
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.
Even the most rigorous and careful brushing at home cannot reproduce that feeling of having had your teeth cleaned by the dentist. They use special equipment that will leave your teeth feeling incredible clean and help to maintain your oral health.
The clean feeling you get after you have been to the dentist is hard to beat and almost impossible to recreate at home, no matter how hard you try to clean your teeth. That is because dentists are experts and able to use special tools and techniques to get your teeth as clean as they can possibly be. This will almost always involve techniques called scaling and polishing.
There is no feeling quite as clean as that of just having had your teeth cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist. No mater how thoroughly you brush and floss at home you can never get that ‘straight from the dentist’ clean feeling. Dentists and hygienists use techniques known as scaling and polishing to clean teeth as thoroughly as possible, which while sometimes a little unpleasant, are very necessary to keep teeth healthy.
