Checkup, Clean and Scale
Why is regular dental check ups very important ?
Regular dental check ups are very important because, early diagnosis of any issues are of paramount importance in any disease management. Whether it is tooth decay, cancer, growth problems in your jaw, impacted wisdom teeth etc. Our dentist will do a thorough examination of the full mouth, including tongue cheek, all your teeth, gums etc. We highly recommend a 6 monthly dental check up and clean to detect any issues early. Routine dental Xrays are made usually once in 2 years unless you are recognised as a high risk individual for any particular issue.
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Why dental x-rays are to be done routinely ?
The general rule of thumb is dental Xrays once in 2 years to detect any cavities in early phase. Even when a small decay is noted, sometimes it’s not necessary to treat immediately. Some dental caries can be reversed when they are in initial phase by using Tooth mousse. In some cases we prefer to keep monitoring, to decide in future whether they need fillings or no.
What happens if I don’t get regular 6 monthly check ups?
If you don’t get regular dental check ups, then there is a very high chance, the dentist is going to detect very big cavity needing Root canal treatment, or dental extraction, when the tooth is beyond repair.
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If you are visiting for the first time for your dental care, please do not hesitate to call our friendly front desk or book an appointment.
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Zen smiles offers a range of payment plans for your needs. Please feel free to discuss this with our friendly front desk, to plan your payments before hand.
Should I see a dentist , even when I have no pain ?
Most of the dental problems, cause pain only after they have reached the nerve in the tooth. In other words, once pain has started, most of the times the treatment required are very aggressive and expensive. For example gum disease, in the initial phase, may be just a bit of bleeding from your gums. If not treated at the time, they progress to severe gum disease, where the tooth may be slightly shaky, and by the time you get pain, its already too late to save the tooth and almost always need the tooth to be removed to alleviate the pain.
Poor gum disease in pregnancy has been linked to poor new born health. Advanced gum disease has been linked to heart conditions and diabetes.
Health funds
Most health funds know the importance of regular check up cleans and how they save big expenses in future. That’s why health funds like Medibank and HCF give fully covered 2 check up cleans every year. That way you have better oral health and are saved from big expenses.
FAQs
No, teeth cleaning does not make the teeth weaker. However, if you already severe gum disease and too much accumulation between teeth, then on removing all calculus, the teeth may become mobile. But this would happen eventually even if the clan was done, due to deep gum disease. On cleaning, you are giving the teeth a better chance to heal and last longer.
No. However, if the teeth are already having sever bone loss due to
No. but it the teeth may feels temporarily sensitive, due to exposing of root surface, if there was too much calculus. Hence, its more important to come for 6 monthly regular check up cleans.
One should get 6 monthly regular check up clean, to prevent problems and to detect any cavities in very early stage and treat.
Deep Clean would be necessary if you didn’t have a clean for over 2 years or when previous cleans were not very efficient and resultantly there is too much deposits within gum pocket. These can be painful to remove, without sufficient numbing. Hence a deep clean may be recommended under local anaesthesia.
Bad breath will be present due to many reasons. Most common ones being gum disease, cavities, soft tissue infections around an impacted wisdom teeth etc.
Gums bleed only if there is inflammation due to accumulation of deposits called Calculus.
Soft to medium brush is best for your teeth, as decided and advised by your dentist. You must replace your tooth brush atleast once in 6 months.
Flossing is necessary to be done and highly recommended atleast once daily. If you could do after each meal, it would be perfect.
