Scaling Information for Patients

Scaling is a good oral health practices, through regular teeth cleaning, not only can completely remove plaque and calculus on the teeth, so to maintain periodontal health, prevention and treatment of periodontal disease, and that easy to find when cleaning teeth small the imperceptible dental, dental caries, such as more hidden, so as to achieve the purpose of early detection and early treatment.

What are suitable for scaling?

If students remove gum on the plaque, debris and plaque can be scaling the people. For example, not the health of people suffering from periodontal disease can be prevented by scaling; has been suffering from periodontal diseases, in the basic treatment period and maintenance period is required scaling; In addition, some need orthodontic, restorative treatment or surgery patients, they need scaling to ensure the mouth clean, then the next treatment. But for leukemia, hemophilia dental supplies and other blood diseases, is not scaling; use of pacemakers in patients with hepatitis B surface antigen-positive and other infectious diseases should not use ultrasonic scaling, but scaling can be used to manually control operation.

How often wash right?

As the evolving plaque, scaling does not matter once and for all, needs a regular basis. Generally every six months to a year should be washed once; for severe periodontal disease, poor oral hygiene habits such as smoking or brushing more ineffective, and 3 months to half a year to wash; periodontal health , young people and can be effective brushing, you can wash 1-2 years.

Scaling will not hurt it?

Scaling process is usually a bit sore, inflamed the situation worse, or if a lot of dental calculus is more likely to be long unwashed shed blood. After scaling the bloody situation usually gradually disappear within a day or two, if they can maintain good oral hygiene, brush your teeth before scaling bleeding phenomenon seen mostly in about a week automatically. If the bleeding still Repair tetracycline localized, should allow doctors to check whether there is still deep periodontal or gum remnants of dental calculus exists.