Preventive
dentistry
The best way to keep your teeth healthy is to include preventive dental check-ups in your annual plan.
Preventive dentistry is one of the most important branches of dentistry, and includes preventive check-ups as well as other procedures that can prevent the occurrence of the most common dental problems.
You yourself is an important part of prevention. If you take care of your diet and oral hygiene, you have already done a great deal.
If you add visits to the dentist to your routine even before you feel discomfort and pain, then you have included everything necessary for effective prevention.
In our dental office, depending on your condition and needs, you can receive the following preventive services:
Preventive check-ups
When a tooth starts to hurt, going to the dentist almost certainly means treatment and repair, and perhaps some more complicated processes.
If you visit the dentist two or three times a year even when there are no symptoms that could indicate a problem, then you are actually coming for a preventive check-ups.
During the preventive check-ups, the dentist will take a detailed look at your teeth and gums, give you further instructions regarding dental hygiene and the next steps in the prevention of dental diseases.
Regular visits to the dentist are the best way to detect all problems in the earliest stages, when the treatment is the easiest and shortest, and the effects of the treatment are the best.
Removing tartar from teeth
Removing tartar is a very important step in preventing gingivitis and periodontitis.
Tartar is formed when mineral salts from saliva come in touch with plaque that has not been removed from the teeth. In this way, a rather hard layer is formed on the teeth, which can threaten the health of your oral cavity.
At the moment the tartar has been formed, you cannot remove it yourself, but the dentist will do the entire procedure extremely quickly and easily.
After ultrasonic removal of tartar, painless tooth polishing with special brushes and pastes usually follows, all with the aim of creating a smooth surface of the teeth where plaque and tartar will find it more difficult to remain.
Scaling is recommended once or more a year, depending on your needs.
Fissure sealing
Fissure sealing is a procedure that is recommended immediately after the eruption of permanent molars. The first molars come out first and it is advisable to bring your child to the dentist as soon as you notice that these teeth have fully erupted. This usually happens around the age of six.
By sealing the fissures, or rather pits on the tooth, food retention in those parts and deposits are prevented, which could later lead to tooth decay.
The fissure sealing is also a physical barrier between the teeth and the food, but it also contains fluoride that is gradually released and additionally helps the tooth on which it is located.
Remember that dental repair and dental treatment can be avoided very easily if you and your dentist are a team that prioritizes prevention.
Make an appointment with us. We will be happy to be a part of your healthy habits.