Scaling questions about this thing

With the mass media promotion efforts, raising awareness of oral health seriously, and the degree of oral health knowledge and concern. In oral health behavior, compared with brushing, scaling can be regarded as "a rising star." It has increased the doubts about scaling, and some questions and answers can help us understand how new oral health -

Scaling, academic name of "oral scaling", is to use scaling instruments to remove calculus, plaque and pigment, and polished with polishing paste or toothpaste, tooth plane, tooth surface is smooth and easy to re-accumulation of plaque. Commonly used ultrasonic scaling is to use ultrasound calculus crushing and fear of falling through the mist of washing up cleaning purposes.

Q: Why scaling?

A: Some people confuse the scaling and teeth whitening. Although the technology through the sand to remove surface pigmentation teeth, you can achieve a certain aesthetic purposes, but the scaling of the most important is to remove the tooth surface and gingival dental calculus Department to maintain gingival health.

Scaling as oral cleaning, and brushing twice a day, it is a small brush daily. Scaling the same time, doctors found that those who first issued in time, the patient did not feel the caries, and make treatment recommendations. Scaling the time and doctors found that patients with oral cancer and there is no feeling.

Q: Why, after scaling the teeth will be more acid, more loose teeth will be even greater?

A: These are not caused by scaling itself, the real reason is the presence of dental calculus. It is attached to the tooth neck, between the teeth, the teeth being the same as plywood fixed to form a "pseudo-protection", the long-term periodontal disease leading to destruction of gum bone absorption, causing periodontal atrophy, root exposure. However, due to calculus of "protection", widened the teeth, exposed roots are all covered by dental stone, sour, sweet, cold, heat stimulation than the root, once the calculus is cleared, all the problems there .

Such as scaling teeth removed after the stone's "pseudo-protection" caused discomfort, usually after a week or two gradually subsided. Scaling, you can use anti-allergy toothpaste. Dissipated due to gingival inflammation and restore healthy, attached to the Ministry of connective tissue in the root will be more stable, strong teeth, thus once again restored.

Q: What scaling teeth hurt?

A: In general, the tooth surface of enamel, cementum is very hard, whether manual or ultrasonic cleaning machine scaling rule, the appropriate power or strength can easily remove calculus, do not force removal. Therefore, the teeth will not hurt. Dental problems themselves who, in scaling their teeth after repair should be actively treated.

Q: Do you want a regular dental cleaning after scaling?

A: Under normal circumstances, it is recommended every 6 to 12 months time, can effectively prevent the further occurrence and development of oral diseases. If you master the correct brushing and flossing, can effectively prevent formation of dental calculus without regular dental cleaning; the contrary, it is necessary to remove calculus by scaling to maintain periodontal health.