Tooth cleaning during your hygiene appointment
At your hygiene appointments, we will provide you with expert advice on the methods and products to use to make sure your teeth are always clean and your breath fresh. We will also monitor your baseline hygiene and gum status. By doing this, we will be able to provide useful feedback to help you to keep your teeth and gums as clean as possible. By investing time in you and advising you on how to improve your oral care routine, we’ll help you to maintain a healthy, happy mouth.
The main part of your hygiene appointment involves a thorough clean aimed at removing all plaque and tartar from your tooth surfaces. Brushing and interdental cleaning, such as flossing, at home removes most of the bacteria, however there are spots that are hard to reach which a hygienist can clean using specialist tools.
A scale & polish removes stubborn tartar through first softening the tartar using a focused jet of water. This also removes stains from the tooth surfaces. Using special tools called curettes, the hygienist then scales away the tartar. Last is the polish which is a fine paste used to buff the surface, leaving the teeth smooth and silky.
