During a typical check up your dentist or dental hygienist will remove the plaque and Tartar (plaque that builds up and hardens on the tooth surface and can only be removed with professional cleaning) from above the gum line of all teeth. If you have some signs of gum disease, your dentist may recommend professional dental cleaning more than twice-a-year. Dental cleanings are not a treatment for active gum disease. They are, though, an important preventive measure that can help you stave off its development.
To effectively take care of periodontal disease. The initial treatment is typically scaling and root planning; this treatment exists to remove Tartar at or below the gum line. Standard cleanings and polishes only deal with the plaque above the gum line, and these procedures aren’t effective on their own to truly gum disease.
Scaling is a necessary first step in the treatment process, and it clears the way for a deeper clean. “Root planing” involves cleaning plaque from below the gum line that is most often the culprits in periodontal disease. Local anesthetics are also used to numb the area for greater comfort.
Scaling and root planning are a basic approach to effectively treating the disease and allowing the gums and surrounding bone to heal properly. Collectively, these methods represent the fundamentals of non-surgical periodontal therapy.
Once successfully completed, the scaling and root planning procedure should leave patients feeling little or no discomfort. After 6 weeks, the dentist will schedule an appointment to examine the patient’s response to the treatment. If the non-surgical therapy effectively eliminates the gum disease, The only further requirement will be periodic maintenance every 3-4 months. With simple scaling and ultrasonic cleaning, and some home care instructions, the gum disease will be a thing of the past.
Scaling and root planning is sometimes followed by adjunctive therapy such as local delivery antimicrobials, systemic antibiotics, and host modulation, as needed on a case-by-case basis.
Most periodontists would agree that after scaling and root planing many patients do not require any further active treatment.
However, the majority of patients will require ongoing maintenance therapy to sustain health.
Both hand instruments and ultrasonic instruments are capable of dramatically reducing the numbers of subgingival microorganisms. The outcome of any treatment method is determined by complete and adequate access to pocket areas, The time devoted by the operator to the procedure, and the thoroughness of the procedure.
Ultrasonic scaling became an acceptable alternative to hand scalers by cold iron NB, 1967.
It is known as GBT (guided biofilm therapy), removes biofilm, stains and young calculus on natural teeth, restorations and implants. Cleans and polishes in one single procedure.
Using the erythritol plus powder, the Airflow supragingival hand piece is able to remove biofilm in the sulcus area & shallow pockets up to 4 mm, on the tongue and gingiva as well as on the palate-all in a minimal-invasive way for maximum patient comfort.
The classic comfort powder is able to remove remaining heavy stains & pigmentations caused by high intakes of coffee, red wine and smoking.
With rubber cups and polishing paste it is impossible to clean:
-Interdental spaces, especially in patients with mal-aligned teeth
-Exposed tooth necks
-Pits and fissures
-Orthodontics brackets
