8 things to know about Teeth Scaling | Ensmile

How often should you go to your dentist for a scaling? What is this dental procedure for? How much does a Teeth Scaling cost? Find out 8 things to know about Teeth Scaling.

Teeth Scaling can be performed at a dentist or periodontist

Teeth Scaling is a procedure that is performed by a dentist or periodontist.

The dentist can, in fact, after diagnosis of a periodontal disease, send his patient to a periodontist, who can take charge of the pathology, starting in particular with an adapted scaling.

The management of dental loosening, for example, will be offered by a periodontist, who will treat the loosening and then adapt the frequency of scaling.

Teeth Scaling is used to remove tartar … But not only!

Teeth Scaling consists of removing the tartar stuck on the root (part of the tooth initially under the gum) and the crown (the part of the tooth that we see). This act allows to proceed with the elimination of the bacterial biofilm (dental plaque) which, over time and the saliva has calcified.

The objective of Teeth scaling is to control the absence of inflation of the gum, which is the cause of the problems of dental loosening.

But what controls the absence of gingival inflammation is the quality of daily tooth brushing by the patient.

The quality of brushing is also, or even more important than Teeth scaling

Teeth scaling does not guarantee good dental hygiene, but it does allow the brushing performed by the patient on a daily basis to be effective. It is with tooth brushing, made possible by regular scaling, that the gums are treated.

Everything is actually at the level of tooth brushing: scaling is only one way to make this brushing effective and to prevent chronic inflammation from appearing and activating slow but progressive degradation in the mouth.

Hence the importance also of combining daily brushing and descaling of teeth with a daily interdental cleaning.

For maximum efficiency, interdental brushes are ideal to prevent tooth loosening. The floss is another possibility.

Several techniques are used to Teeth scaling

• The oldest technique is the manual Teeth scaling technique, which consists of using a curette that will scrape the root.
• The most common type of descaling is descaling with ultrasound. The modification of the tips that we use today allows an effective Teeth scaling under the gum, without creating uncomfortable pain.
• There is also the laser, which will destroy tartar and bacteria on the surface of the root, such as ultrasound, but which is especially effective on shallow scaling’s (in the event of moderate or severe tartar, the ultrasounds remain more efficient and less expensive).

Frequency varies from patient to patient depending on needs

From adolescence, it is important to make a regular appointment with your dentist to have a scaling.

The frequency will depend on the patient, his brushing quality, and intrinsic and environmental factors: the objective is that the patient does not have diseased gums, so several factors must be taken into account before determining a frequency.

For example, some patients will need 2 to 3 Teeth scaling per year, while others will only need annual scaling.

In general, however, teeth scaling should be carried out at least once a year.