To keep your smile healthy and bright, you need to maintain regular checkup and cleaning visits. Seeing our team every six months can help lower the risk of issues like tooth decay and gum disease. In today’s blog, your Rowlett, TX, dentist talks about the value of our checkup and cleaning visits.
The Importance of Having Your Smile Examined
Why should you have your smile examined every six months? The issues that can threaten smile stability, such as tooth decay or gum disease, don’t form overnight. A visit every few months is a chance to catch them in the early stages and offer care to treat or manage them. Our team will examine your teeth and gums, and the structures beneath the gums, with digital x-rays and intraoral cameras, so we can make a diagnosis with precision and accuracy. We then create a personalized treatment plan to address these concerns. These visits help smiles of all ages, and for kids they could reduce the risk of dental anxiety later in life, and help instill good oral health habits.
Cleaning Your Teeth
Over time, plaque and tartar buildup can coat our teeth and without treatment, this could increase the risk of everything from bad breath and teeth stains to tooth decay and gum disease. But our team can help! With a dental cleaning, which we offer as part of your checkup visit, we can remove all plaque and tartar from the teeth with an ultrasonic scaling device and a manual tool. The process takes only a few minutes, and we then polish your teeth to brighten them and make it more difficult for plaque and tartar to adhere to the surfaces in between visits.
Protecting Your Smile from Home
While these six month visits are crucial for keeping your smile healthy and strong, we also want you to take proper care of your smile from home, which helps limit the severity of plaque and safeguard the smile against common concerns like tooth decay. You should brush your teeth twice a day for two minutes, and floss every evening. This removes stray food and drink particles. You should also cut back on how much sugar and starch are in your diet too.
If you have any questions about our dental exam and cleaning visits, then contact our team today to schedule your next appointment. We can help each member of your family maintain good oral health for years to come!
SCHEDULE YOUR PREVENTIVE VISIT
We want to help you and your family maintain good oral health for years to come! To learn more about protecting smiles with checkups and cleanings, call Rodem Tree Dental in Rowlett, TX, today at 972-475-2321.