WHAT IS TOOTH STONE, HOW IS IT FORMED?
The food and drinks we consume leave residues on the teeth. These residues, called dental plaque, which are primarily soft in consistency, contain many bacteria. While it has a soft consistency, it can be cleaned by individuals with an effective oral care. If it is not removed, the minerals in the saliva also precipitate and hard calculus, consisting of many bacteria, occurs.
Why Tooth Stone Should Be Cleaned?
Since tartar is a formation containing intense bacteria, it is very harmful for the health of the gums and tissues surrounding our teeth and needs to be cleaned. When it is not cleaned, first of all, gingival bleeding occurs. This is the first sign of gingivitis. then it continues with gingival redness and swelling. healthy gingiva is pink in color and inflamed gingiva has become red and edematous. If the tartar is not cleaned in this case, gingivitis may cause gingival recession over time, disease of the jaw bones and supporting tissues surrounding the teeth, and bone resorption. In other words, the infection reaches the gum to bone. In this case, as the bone support of the teeth will decrease, the teeth begin to wobble and can lead to consequences that may lead to the extraction of the affected tooth. Tartar also causes tooth decay, discoloration of teeth and bad breath.
How is Teeth Cleaning done?
Teeth cleaning can be done with the help of hand tools or vibrating ultrasonic devices. This is not a painful procedure. However, some sensitivity may occur on the surfaces where the gums are pulled or where there is tooth decay.
After the tartar is cleaned, the process we call polishing is applied. The aim here is to clean the stains remaining on the tooth surface, to create a smooth surface by polishing the teeth and to slow down the formation of plaque and stain and their attachment to the tooth surface. This process is done by brushing the tooth surfaces with a kind of paste and a high-speed brush.
Teeth cleaning is a process that takes an average of 30 minutes. However, in some cases, this period may be extended depending on the density of the tartar. Although it is a procedure that usually ends in a single session, the number of sessions may be prolonged in gingival diseases. The dentist monitors the healing by making a control appointment according to the level of gingivitis.
How to prevent tartar formation?
Dental plaque formed on tooth surfaces is soft and can be easily removed by individuals in this state. All surfaces of the teeth should be brushed properly for two minutes in the morning and evening and a toothpaste containing fluoride should be used. However, brushing alone does not provide sufficient cleaning. In addition, dental floss should be used once a day. An interface brush may also be recommended for patients who have spaces between their teeth, which we call diestema. In this way, the surfaces that the toothbrush cannot enter are also cleaned effectively. If necessary, mouthwashes and mouthwashes may also be recommended to some individuals by the dentist. When oral care is done carefully in this way, both the formation of tartar and the risk of tooth decay are greatly reduced.
How often should tartar cleaning be done?
There are many factors that cause tartar formation. Smoking and alcohol use, intense sugar and carbohydrate diet are the conditions that increase the formation of dental calculus. In addition, the formation of tartar is related to the structure of the saliva and the amount of minerals in the saliva. Saliva with a dense consistency and high mineral content is suitable for the formation of calculus. Generally, continuous drug use with aging is one of the factors that increase dental calculus by causing dry mouth.
In systemic conditions such as diabetes and kidney disease, tartar formation is more common than in normal individuals. In the presence of any factor that increases the formation of calculus in this way, a dentist should be visited every 6 months on average, and if necessary, calculus cleaning should be done.
Apart from this, routine dentist control should be done once a year in individuals who do not have any complaints or systemic diseases.
Is tartar cleaning harmful?
We often hear from our patients such sentences as “I had scaling done, then more calculus formed., after scaling, my teeth started to shake, after scaling cleaning, gaps formed between my teeth…”. These are false rhetoric spread among the people with no reality. On the contrary, the presence of dental calculus in the mouth is quite dangerous. For a healthy mouth, tartar must be cleaned absolutely. When tartar cleaning is applied correctly by the dentist, there is no harm to the tooth enamel.
As a result, many serious problems can be prevented with effective oral care and routine dentist checks. If you have not visited the dentist in the last 6 months, please do not forget to make an appointment.
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