About fifty years ago, a visit to the dentist was instigated by a sudden symptom or an excruciating pain. Dentistry was designed to fix what was broken instead of preventing the unfortunate from happening. We have come a long way in the advancement of many fields, including dentistry, where scientific research and high-tech assistance play […]
The term “deep cleaning” is an unfortunate description for what dentists and dental hygienists call periodontal maintenance.
Periodontal maintenance is a dental cleaning AFTER treatment. A “regular” dental cleaning implies there has never been periodontal treatment performed.
When do patients receive periodontal maintenance instead of prophylaxis (a “regular cleaning”)? Periodontal maintenance is performed after scaling and root planing, which is therapy to treat moderate to severe gum disease, or periodontitis.
Once you go through periodontal therapy, the healthy environment needs to be maintained. So, once you go through treatment and have subsequent maintenance appointments (deep cleanings) you will ALWAYS have maintenance appointments.
This is like a one-way street past the point of no return. Once you have a deep cleaning, every cleaning appointment after that, for the rest of your life, should be considered a deep cleaning periodontal maintenance.
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Visiting the dentist should be a priority in 2015 if you would like to maintain a beautiful, healthy smile. Every extra month that passes without a dental visit is a month that could be damaging your teeth and your wallet. Periodontal disease is a contributing factor in many other serious health diseases such as arthritis, […]
Have you ever noticed that just about every toothpaste you find at the store is mint flavored? From peppermint and spearmint to Mint Chocolate Trek, Vanilla Mint Spark, and Lime Spearmint Zest; the thing that nearly all toothpaste has in common is mint. Humans can distinguish hundreds of different flavors, so what is it about […]
