Cleanings and Prevention

Preventing dental disease starts at home with good oral hygiene and a balanced diet. It is continued in the dental office by restoring, and maintaining your oral health. Prevention also includes regular dental exams, cleanings, and x-rays. Sealants and fluoride are also great preventive treatments that help protect the teeth.

 

Cleaning

A general cleaning is a procedure is recommended every six months. Even though visiting the dentist twice a year may seem like a lot, two short visits a year will potentially prevent a life time of dental problems and worry.


Diagnostics

At your cleaning, your hygienist will carefully examine your teeth, gums and palate, looking for a presence of disease or periodontal disease.

 

Intraoral Camera

This little video camera allows views of your teeth and gums like never before--magnified up to 40 times on a TV monitor. It helps us correctly diagnose problems better, earlier, and more accurately. It allows you to see and better understand what is going on with your oral health.

 

Dental X-Rays

Dental x-rays or radiographs allow the dentist to see things about your oral health that cannot be seen by the naked eye. These items include cysts (sacks of fluid that form on the roots of teeth), cancerous and non-cancerous tumors, invisible decay that occurs between teeth, and the location of teeth that haven't grown all the way in.

 

Please learn about plaque control on our How to Brush and How to Floss pages.