BENEFITS OF DENTAL CLEANING

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Wilton Manors Dental values your oral health through our comprehensive quality care and preventive dentistry. With this in mind, we make sure our services would cater to your specific needs and ensure that we are able to help you the best way we know how.

One of the best services we provide as part of our preventative dentistry is our professional dental cleaning. Dental cleaning is a procedure we perform in order to help you get tooth decay as well as gum and periodontal diseases. This is essential not just for the teeth, but also for a healthy mind and body as well. Teeth cleanings are done to prevent tooth loss, as well as to prevent diseases in the body like heart disease, dementia, complications of diabetes and many others.

Dental cleanings remove the buildup of plaque and tartar, because these are not removed, the build-up can lead to gum diseases. Gum disease is when your body’s immune system is responding to this tartar buildup with inflamed and bleeding gums. As gum disease progresses, so does the destruction to your bone and tissues in your mouth. Your immune system can only fight off infections for a short period of time and it can get worn out, and if it does, it can lead to diseases in the rest of your body. Low immune system makes you susceptible to stroke, heart diseases and dementia.

How is dental cleaning done?

Dental cleanings are intended to remove plaque and tarter deposits that have built up on teeth over time. Plaque is the sticky, soft film that contains millions of bacteria. This bacteria found in plaque is what causes gum disease and tooth decay if not removed by daily brushing and flossing, as well as regular trips to the dentist. Tartar is a hard calcified deposit that also forms on the teeth and contribute to its decay if not removed. It cannot be easily removed by just brushing and flossing, which is why dental cleaning is recommended.

Dental cleaning involves scaling and planing. Scaling involves removing plaque and tartar from the surface removing of the teeth and from the pocket area between the teeth and gums. Root planing on the other hand is the process of removing plaque and tartar from the surface and roots of the teeth using a scaling material. It is the smoothening out the rough surfaces of the teeth because it is in these rough surfaces that bacteria flourish and grow.

What benefits can you get from dental cleaning?

  1. Prevents cavities – The plaque or the whitish film that builds up on your teeth is the leading cause of tooth decay. This is the one that eats away the tooth enamel if it is not removed and therefore causes cavities. Plaque can be removed by dental cleaning in instances when brushing and flossing cannot get rid of it.
  2. Stops tooth loss – dental cleaning can help prevent tooth loss because it prevents gum disease which is the primary reason for tooth loss. As gum disease advances, plaque moves further down the tooth where it can destroy the supporting bone in your jaw, causing teeth to loosen and fall out. The chance of this happening can be reduced through your regular dental cleanings.
  3. Brightens your smile – A dental cleaning can remove built-up stains from drinking wine, coffee and soda as well as from smoking tobacco. Dental cleaning can help you get polished, brighter teeth.
  4. Freshens your breath – Getting a dental cleaning, on top of brushing and flossing, can help you keep your mouth healthy and fresh and odor free.
  5. Boosts your overall health -Regular dental cleanings may help lower your risk for some diseases, like heart disease and stroke. Many medical conditions, some of them life-threatening, can be detected in their early stages by your dentist during a routine oral exam.
  6. Helps you save money – If you diligently follow your schedule on your regular dental visits, it will help you save a great deal of money which you could be spending on unnecessary dental treatments and procedures if you do not take good care of your mouth. Twice a year trip to your dentist will definitely not take so much of your time so you should not be waiting until it is too late.

Contact Wilton Manors Dental for best dental cleaning in wilton manors fl,Conveniently located Off Wilton Dr.2517 NE 9th Ave, Wilton Manors, FL 33305