Active Maintenance Dental Clean
Active Maintenance Dental Clean Applecross
Why do we call it an Active Maintenance Dental Clean?
Now there is so much scientific evidence proving the health of your mouth and gums affects your physical wellbeing, we like to encourage our patients to Actively Maintain their oral health.
Although genetics, diet and environment can play a role in the state of your gum health, the major contributors are your dentist, hygienist and YOU.
With so much scientific evidence proving the health of your mouth and gums affects your physical wellbeing, we like to encourage our patients to actively maintain their oral health.
Although genetics, diet and environment can play a role in the state of your gum health, the major contributors are your dentist, your hygienist and YOU.
How Gum Health Can Affect Your Overall Health
We would like to explain a few new scientific facts about how your gums can affect your health and what you can do to be involved in actively maintaining your gum health and smile.
It is important to understand that the bacteria a lot of the population have hiding under their gums causes the same problems any other nasty bacterial colonies can create in the rest of the body.
For example, serious cardiac issues can arise if that bacteria hiding under your gums is let loose in the blood stream, as all blood circulates through the heart.
What You Need to Know about Dental Hygiene Plaque
Did you know that plaque can start to form as early as 20 minutes after eating? Plaque is a soft sticky film containing approximately 1000 different types of bacteria.
Even when removed with dental floss and tooth brushing, it will reappear approximately every 4 to 12 hours.
If left on the surface of a tooth due to ineffective oral hygiene, plaque will start to harden within 48 hours, helped along by calcium salt deposits found in saliva.
Some of the common types of bacteria found in plaque are Streptococcus, Neisseria, Veillonella and Actinomyces.
Active Maintenance Dental Clean in Applecross
Having Active Maintenance Dental Cleans will not only prevent diseases, but it will also reduce the cost of future cleans for the patient.
Visit your Applecross dentist today!
Book your active maintenance dental clean in our Applecross office — simply contact us online or call (08) 9316 0555.
We are located at 729 Canning Hwy in Applecross WA.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is active maintenance important?
Active maintenance plays an important role in the preventive measures that maintains good oral health and avoid any serious oral health problems, rather than just addressing them when they are already present.
When you brush and floss, you are actively maintaining all surfaces of your teeth to prevent the build-up of plaque and tartar. This means you spend as little time in the dental chair as possible.
What does an effective dental hygiene routine include?
Your oral hygiene routine should include an everyday at-home maintenance routine as well as visiting a dental professional generally every six months.
An effective dental hygiene routine should include:
- Thorough brushing of your teeth
- Flossing
- Gum care
- Tongue cleaning