Although your dentist or dental hygienist may recommend that you visit more frequently, you should check your teeth at least twice a year and clean at least twice.
Regular dental examinations and clean visits are essential to prevent dental problems and maintain the health of teeth and gums. During these visits, your teeth will be cleaned and checked for tooth decay. In addition, there are many other things that are checked and monitored to help detect, prevent and maintain your dental health. These include:
Medical History Review: Understanding any current medical conditions, new medicines, and conditions of the disease will allow us to understand your overall health and your dental health.
Diagnostic x-rays (X-rays): Detection of decay, tumors, cysts, and bone loss is essential. X-rays also help determine the location of teeth and roots.
Oral Cancer Screening: Check your face, neck, lips, tongue, throat, tissue, and gums for any signs of oral cancer.
Gum Disease Assessment: Check for periodontal disease in the periodontal gums and bones.
Tooth decay check: Use a special dental tool to check if all tooth surfaces are rotted.
Check existing restorations: check current fillers, crowns, etc.
Removal of calculus (tooth stone): Dental calculus is a hardened dental plaque that has been left on the teeth for some time and is now firmly attached to the tooth surface. There are calculus above and below the gum line and can only be removed with special dental instruments.
Remove plaque: Plaque is a thick, almost invisible film that forms on the teeth. This is a growing number of live bacteria, food residues and saliva. Bacteria produce toxins (poisons) that cause inflammation of the gums. This inflammation is the beginning of periodontal disease!
Teeth polishing: removes stains and plaques that have not been removed during brushing and scaling.
Oral Hygiene Recommendations: Inspect and recommend oral hygiene products (electric toothbrushes, special cleaning aids, fluorides, rinses, etc.) as needed.
Review dietary habits: Your eating habits play a very important role in your dental health.
