Most of the rumors about cleaning your teeth go like this: It makes the gap between your teeth bigger and bigger!
Every time I hear this rumor, I will sneer at the dentists, and the inner subtext is: ignorant and stupid human beings! It seems necessary to popular science, wash teeth really can the teeth are washed big?
[Cleaning] professional name is: clean teeth. More technically known as supragingival scaling, it is the most basic treatment for periodontal disease. Periodontal disease, a common oral disease, is also one of the main causes of tooth loss in adults, but also the main oral disease that endangers tooth and whole body health! Actually, the cleaning itself does not cause the gap between the teeth to widen. Some people find that the gap between the teeth will become larger after cleaning, which is mainly because they have periodontal disease. Their teeth are blocked by calculus for a long time, which leads to the atrophy of the gums. After removing the calculus, the space occupied by calculus will be released, which will give people the illusion of widening the gap between the teeth, but there is no change in the teeth and gap between the teeth.
If you have a healthy tooth, after a period of cleaning, the abnormal feeling will disappear. If the gap between the teeth becomes larger, the patient has periodontal disease. Regular dental cleaning can also effectively remove calculus and plaque, prevent the occurrence of periodontal disease.