Comprehensive teeth cleaning: what is it, why is it done, what are the contraindications. Algorithm of the procedure, advantages of professional hygiene.

What is comprehensive teeth cleaning

Each of us follows basic hygiene rules, including brushing our teeth twice a day. With the help of this simple manipulation, we remove plaque accumulated during the day or night. But the problem is that the interdental spaces and hard-to-reach areas remain uncleaned or not cleaned well enough. As a result, plaque begins to accumulate in these places, and then mineralizes, that is, turns into tartar. It is impossible to remove it with a simple brush and paste. In this case, only professional help from a dentist will help.

The doctor, depending on the type of deposits, may suggest one or another method of cleansing.
The specificity of the instruments used determines the narrow focus of the impact. For example, ultrasonic waves can crush stone, and Air Flow technology can remove soft plaque. Human teeth simultaneously contain both already fossilized and still soft fractions, so for total cleansing it is necessary to use not just one method of professional hygiene, but several procedures in combination. In addition, the enamel layer, having lost its “shell” and has already begun to demineralize underneath, becomes very vulnerable for some time. Therefore, to restore it, it needs recharge, in particular fluorine. Based on the above, we can conclude that only a set of cleaning and protective measures will help your teeth be healthy and beautiful. Comprehensive cleaning includes the following procedures:

ultrasonic treatment;
cleansing using Air Flow technology;
polishing the enamel layer;
fluoridation.

Make an appointment with a doctor (Shchelkovo dentistry “Sanident”). Solving hygiene problems

Before you go to the dentist for an appointment, it is better to make an appointment in advance. This action is guaranteed to ensure a visit to the doctor and will significantly save personal time.

Teeth cleaning in the clinic occurs in several stages:

Carrying out mechanical or chemical cleaning. This procedure is aimed at removing dental plaque, including stones.
Carrying out grinding. The manipulation is carried out using special brushes, a mechanical tip, and a special prophylactic paste.
Carrying out tooth polishing. It is carried out similarly to polishing fillings. The procedure prevents the accumulation of plaque.
Application of special substances containing fluorine. The procedure strengthens tooth enamel and saturates the tooth with minerals.

Making an appointment with a doctor, Shchelkovo dentistry (Sanident clinic) will allow you to plan your visit to the doctor at the most convenient time for you.

Professional oral hygiene is an absolutely harmless procedure for teeth and gums, which helps in the fight against the occurrence of dental diseases by preventing their occurrence. Also, your smile will become dazzling and whiter after a visit to the dental office, because the presence of plaque, which specialists can easily remove, significantly worsens the color of the teeth, making them yellow.

When is a procedural complex necessary and when it cannot be performed?

Indications for comprehensive cleaning:

Prevention of caries and periodontal diseases
Strengthening the enamel layer
Improving smile aesthetics
Removing tartar and soft deposits
Eliminating bad breath
Before dentures, implantation, installation of braces
While wearing braces and after removing them
For crowded teeth

Contraindications:

Childhood
Severe cardiovascular diseases
Presence of a pacemaker
Difficulty in nasal breathing
Any disease in the acute period
Allergy to components of medications used

Carrying out oral hygiene by professionals

The health of the teeth, as well as the body as a whole, depends on personal oral hygiene.
However, if a person neglects scheduled preventive examinations at the dentist, and is also negligent in oral hygiene, the appearance of caries, periodontitis and other unpleasant ailments is guaranteed. You can conduct a preventive examination, complete professional oral hygiene, and also overcome various dental diseases in the city of Shchelkovo, Moscow Region, at the address: Tsentralnaya Street, 80 (near the Voronok railway station) - at the Sanident dental clinic. Our medical institution has many regular clients who are satisfied with the results obtained.

The first stage is ultrasonic treatment

Ultrasound of a certain frequency is capable of coloring tartar into small fragments. Therefore, it is used to remove mineralized deposits on the enamel layer in the supragingival and subgingival zone. This procedure is the first item on a comprehensive list. An ultrasonic scaler destroys stone and, along with it, removes pathogenic microflora in the most inaccessible places of the dentition. Ultrasound is absolutely safe for human health in general and gums in particular. The scaler has an attachment that focuses ultrasound radiation on the area that needs to be treated. The device allows manual adjustment of the intensity of exposure. It is determined by the dentist depending on the conditions of a particular clinical case.

Important: a bonus of using ultrasound is its ability to destroy pathogenic bacteria, i.e., to disinfect the surface being treated. Therefore, dentists strongly recommend performing this procedure for patients with periodontal health problems, not only during a course of treatment, but also regularly to prevent inflammation.

Why should you visit an ART clinic?

Dentistry in Odintsovo offers professional oral hygiene - removal of plaque, tartar and prevention of dental diseases. Benefits of visiting the clinic for patients:

Availability of the best modern equipment in dentistry. The effect on enamel requires a careful approach, without loss of effectiveness. The higher the class of the device used, the better the final result and quality of cleansing. The ART clinic uses devices and materials from well-known world manufacturers, which guarantees the high quality of the services provided.
All dental services. In the process of oral hygiene, dentists often discover the prerequisites for diseases of the teeth and gums, correctable orthodontic pathologies, and the need for therapeutic treatment. At the ART clinic you can quickly get advice from any specialist (implantologist, orthopedist, orthodontist, dental surgeon) to restore the health and integrity of your teeth and restore the beauty of your smile.
High level of qualification of doctors. Dentistry employs doctors of the highest, first and second categories with over 5 years of experience. The clinic’s dentists constantly improve their professionalism - undergo training, attend seminars and conferences in the Russian Federation and abroad.
Affordable price level - the multidisciplinary format of the clinic and the variety of services allow us to maintain a reasonable price level for all services and types of dental treatment.

Second stage – Air Flow

After removing hard contaminants, it is time for deposits with a soft structure. Cleansing is performed using Air Flow technology. Using a special apparatus, a mixture of water, air and tiny grains of soda is applied to the surface of the patient’s teeth. The abrasive size is so small that it can destroy the bacterial film, but cannot leave scratches on the enamel surface. A stream of abrasive mixture directed under pressure destroys pigmented plaque and immediately washes it away. Thanks to this, the enamel is lightened to its natural tone (by about 1 - 2 shades on the Vita scale).

Note: the process is painless, but may cause slight discomfort for people with hypersensitive enamel. In this case, the doctor may suggest local anesthesia. Patients who are allergic to soda should not perform this cleaning.

Professional teeth cleaning methods

The history of professional hygiene goes back decades, but previously deposits had to be removed manually using special scrapers, which could injure the enamel and surrounding tissues. Today, doctors and patients have a large selection of technologies and tools: the procedure has become fast, effective and as safe as possible. Modern clinics use several types of professional hygiene systems, which have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Professional oral hygiene Air Flow

Air Flow technology is a popular development by EMS, based on the sandblasting method. The desired effect is achieved thanks to a dense flow of compressed air, liquid and sodium bicarbonate particles (the so-called water-abrasive solution). A separate product, Air Flow Perio, is designed to clean periodontal pockets and polish the root surface.

The advantages of the technology include the comfort of the procedure, gentle effect on the enamel and good recovery properties. The main disadvantage is the inability to effectively remove tartar.

Professional oral hygiene with ultrasound

Removal of plaque and destruction of tartar occurs due to the mechanical action of ultrasonic waves and the cavitation effect, which is achieved using water (it is supplied to the tip of the device). Modern scalers with linear oscillatory movements are considered the most effective and safe: old devices with a circular oscillation of the tip can damage the enamel (especially in the hands of an inexperienced doctor). One of the innovative developments is the Vector ultrasonic device, which was created for effective cleaning of periodontal pockets, but many practicing dentists do not see any great advantages in it compared to a conventional ultrasonic scaler.

Laser cleaning

New technology in the field of professional hygiene. A diode dental laser breaks down tartar and evaporates all accumulated bacteria along with the liquid. In addition, laser radiation also has a whitening effect. The disadvantage of the technique is its high cost.

Third stage - polishing

Deposits leave microcracks and irregularities on the enamel layer. Therefore, polishing is necessary after cleaning procedures. Otherwise, the remaining roughness will become a “magnet” for microparticles of food, which will very quickly turn into new deposits. Polishing is performed using abrasive pastes and various attachments driven by a drill. These are polishers, brushes, discs, needle-shaped attachments. The interdental areas are polished with special strips. The process does not cause pain and takes about 40 minutes.

Mistakes when brushing teeth and their consequences

Main mistakes and their consequences:

Infrequent or insufficiently long brushing can lead to the formation and accumulation of a large amount of plaque. Over time, inflammatory processes will begin to occur in the oral cavity, leading to the destruction of enamel and causing caries.
Brushing too often can not only damage and thin the enamel, but also lead to bleeding gums.
Horizontal rather than vertical cleaning techniques eventually lead to the destruction of the upper layers of enamel. However, using an exclusively vertical technique can result in plaque being concentrated in the interdental space.
If you do not use dental floss, food debris will accumulate in the interdental space, which, together with harmful bacteria, will lead to the process of decay and, as a result, the formation of caries.
If you do not wash and dry the brush after use, plaque particles and bacteria will remain on it. During the next brushing, microorganisms will again enter the oral cavity.
Rinse your teeth with tap water. Running water contains many impurities that negatively affect the condition of the enamel and can neutralize the beneficial effects of the toothpaste components on the teeth.

The fourth stage - fluoridation

As a rule, fluoridation is not included in the calculation of comprehensive professional hygiene, but it is very important for dental health. The application of fluoride helps strengthen the enamel layer (prevents the leaching of calcium), reduces hypersensitivity, prevents the onset of caries (slows down the proliferation of pathogenic bacteria). Therefore, you should not refuse this procedure. Fluoridation algorithm: the doctor dries the surface to be treated with a warm air stream, then applies fluoride varnish (a harmless composition based on varnish with a high concentration of fluorides) to each element of the dentition, then dries it.

Note: after completing all stages of comprehensive cleansing, teeth become noticeably lighter, reaching their natural natural color. But those patients who dream of a snow-white smile can resort to whitening, for example, using the ZOOM-4 method.

Additional recommendations

When brushing, you should not put too much pressure on the brush, especially if you use a brush with medium or maximum hardness bristles - this can lead to damage to the mucous membranes and enamel, and even to the development of a serious pathology - wedge-shaped tooth defect. You should not use too much toothpaste.

To check the quality of cleaning, run your tongue over your teeth: they should be perfectly smooth, without the slightest roughness. You can also purchase staining tablets at the pharmacy that will help identify poorly cleaned areas of tooth enamel.

In addition, it is necessary to pay sufficient attention to the choice of toothbrush and toothpaste. These are two of the best tools for cleaning your teeth and mouth from food debris and harmful bacteria.

It must be remembered that replacing a toothbrush must occur in a timely manner - at least once every 3 months, otherwise a worn-out product with bristles damaged over time will not cope with its task effectively enough.

Don't use chewing gum as a substitute for brushing. Despite the proven benefits of this process, chewing gum cannot completely replace mechanical cleansing, in addition, it is significantly less effective in combating bacteria.

If you use a shared bathroom, use a special case, not a cup holder, to store brushes, since when you flush the toilet, bacteria spread within a radius of 2 meters and can land on the brush.

We hope that our recommendations for brushing your teeth will be useful to you and that your teeth will always delight you with whiteness. And so that their cleaning is more effective. Try Asepta PLUS Remineralization professional toothpaste. This unique product restores tooth enamel, reduces the sensitivity of teeth and gums and accelerates the regeneration of the oral mucosa.

Dentists' tips for caring for your teeth after a comprehensive cleaning

It is in the patient’s interests that the effect of the complex of procedures lasts as long as possible. Therefore, it is important to follow the following recommendations from your dentist in the first few days:

do not eat or drink for 2 hours after visiting the dentist;
You should brush your teeth for 3–5 minutes after each meal and at night;
possible increase in enamel sensitivity. Do not consume food or drinks that are too hot or too cold;
try not to smoke, tobacco tars eat into the enamel very quickly;
Reduce (or eliminate) from your diet foods and drinks that contain high amounts of natural and artificial coloring substances.

The dental network offers comprehensive teeth cleaning services. Our clinic offers family and savings discounts. Doctors are highly qualified and improve their skills in leading dental clinics in Russia and Europe. The level of services provided meets international standards.

Branches of our orthodontic center are located in Moscow within walking distance from the metro:

Art. Alekseevskaya (VDNKh district, etc. Mira), address: st. 3rd Mytishchiskaya house 3, building 2;
Art. Shelepikha, address: Shelepikhinskaya embankment, address: building 34, building 1.

We will make your teeth strong, beautiful and healthy! Come and see for yourself.

How to brush your teeth properly video

Video about how to properly brush your teeth. If you do not take care of your oral cavity, you can develop serious dental diseases. Proper hygiene and preventive dental examinations will keep your teeth healthy for life.

0:00 → Not only children, but also adults do not always know how to brush their teeth correctly. Let's now try to understand this issue.

Hello! In this video you will learn how to properly brush your teeth and keep them healthy for life. Please watch this video to the end to get a reminder on how to use a tongue scraper, dental floss, irrigator, and mouth rinse. Let's divide our teeth into segments. The first segment is your right posterior teeth, leading to the central incisor. Next comes the second segment - these are the left chewing teeth. And so clockwise down to the left lower chewing teeth, and then we close it all with the right chewing teeth.

1:06 → If some piece of food gets between the gum and the tooth, we can easily pick it up with the bristles and pull it out. We clean the chewing surface of the teeth with horizontal movements back and forth. It is necessary to make 10-15 such movements. We can complete the cleaning by closing the teeth tightly and brushing them in a circular motion 10-15 times. The next rule: you need to brush your teeth for at least 3 minutes, and even better, a little more, bringing the brushing to 5 minutes. It is also important to brush not only your teeth, but also your tongue and cheeks. This is due to the fact that a large amount of bacterial plaque accumulates on the mucous membrane of the cheeks and tongue, and if it is not cleaned off, this plaque will very quickly spread to your teeth.

2:32 → Therefore, please come to the doctor and tell us in a timely manner about any problems with your gums or bleeding, so that the doctor can find the cause of all this and eliminate it. Now let's note how not to brush your teeth. Under no circumstances should you clean them with horizontal movements, thereby clogging plaque and food debris into the interdental spaces. It will then be extremely difficult to remove plaque from these spaces, and this can lead to caries. And please don't press too hard on the brush. The quality of teeth cleaning does not depend on the force of pressure on the brush, so please do not press the brush too hard on your teeth.

3:28 → After eating, if you don't have the opportunity to brush your teeth, you can always use mouthwash or chewing sugar-free gum. If you have dental implants installed or wear any orthodontic construction, your doctor will always advise you to use an irrigator. It is also necessary to remember that, even using an ultrasonic brush and all the methods that we have just talked about, it is impossible to clean your teeth 100% at home, so I recommend regularly, once every six months, to have your teeth professionally cleaned by a dentist. By following all these simple rules, you can keep your teeth healthy for life. NovaDent specialists have accumulated extensive experience in teaching children and adults proper oral hygiene. Therefore, if you do not want to visit the dentist often for serious reasons, come and we will teach you how to keep your teeth healthy.