With the increasing awareness of oral health, more and more people are aware of the term “teeth cleaning”, but I’m afraid few people really know what it is. Today we will talk about some things you don’t know about “teeth cleaning“.
What is a tooth cleaning?
The professional term for tooth cleaning is “clean treatment”. It is a professional treatment method for doctors to remove the accumulated dental plaque, dental stones and pigment on the surface of teeth with special medical instruments.
According to the different tools used, clinical can be divided into manual cleaning and ultrasonic cleaning two kinds.
Manual clean governance is to use professional manual devices similar to “hook” put the teeth from tooth surface “lever”, this method requires high operating technology and the special tool, currently in clinical use is not much, but for some special patients still have a place, such as patients with pacemaker installed without shielding function,
And patients with certain infectious diseases.
Ultrasonic cleaning is to use high frequency vibration of the working head to remove dental stones, cleaning efficiency is relatively high, currently widely used in clinical.
There was no difference in clinical efficacy between the two methods.
Dental cleaning is an important method to prevent and treat periodontal diseases.
Plaque and stones on the surface of teeth are the main culprits of periodontal disease, so it is important to remove them regularly to maintain periodontal health.
If you can’t do regular dental cleaning, dental stones are accumulating more and more, periodontal diseases will be more and more heavy, and slowly there will be swelling and pain of the gums, tooth loosening displacement, and even tooth loss.
What we usually call “old hat” is actually the result of periodontal disease in the advanced stage.
For patients with moderate and severe periodontal disease, dental cleaning is only the first step of treatment, but not the whole content of treatment.
The purpose of dental cleaning is to treat and prevent periodontal diseases.
The purpose of tooth cleaning is not to whiten, but to treat and prevent periodontal diseases;
Second, cleaning doesn’t always make teeth white.
Dental cleaning can only remove the pigment calculus deposited on the tooth surface, and return the teeth to their original appearance. If the patient has a lot of pigment calculus, dental cleaning can indeed play a certain whitening effect, but if the patient’s tooth itself is abnormal color, rather than exogenous pigment deposition, dental cleaning can not change the tooth color.
Just like washing clothes, white clothes can be washed white when they are dirty, but other colors will not be washed white when they are dirty.
Is cleaning harmful?
These are the benefits of dental cleaning, but many people still believe that dental cleaning is harmful to teeth, and that cleaning will destroy the enamel on the surface of teeth, which is also a myth.
Tooth enamel hardness than cleaning tools, the equipment is not on the teeth form visible scratches, if with high power microscope to observe, cleaning teeth after the roughness of the surface will increase slightly, so there will be a general cleaning after polishing of link, after polishing, even with a microscope can not see any trace.
There are still people who think that cleaning can infect diseases, in fact, regular medical institutions have strict disinfection and sterilization system, every set of instruments are after high temperature and high pressure sterilization to be used, so although rest assured.
Remind: after cleaning, we should pay attention to what to avoid too cold and too hot food stimulation as far as possible within 2 to 3 days after cleaning, which will reduce a lot of sensitive symptoms.
In addition, after cleaning your teeth, you should brush your teeth carefully, because if you do not brush your teeth thoroughly, the stones will grow back again after you clean your teeth.
People who have the habit of smoking and drinking tea try to control the amount of smoking and drinking tea within 1 to 2 weeks after cleaning their teeth, otherwise the pigmentation is still very fast. Of course, if you can give up smoking, it is better, after all, smoking is harmful to the body and teeth.
Finally, it is important to note that dental cleaning is not once and for all. Regular dental cleaning is necessary to maintain long-term periodontal health. It is generally recommended that teeth should be cleaned every six months to one year.
