Does professional teeth cleaning make sense?

Does professional teeth cleaning make sense?

With good oral hygiene at home, a healthy diet and targeted preventive examinations, tooth decay and periodontitis (inflammation of the periodontal structures) can be counteracted. In this way the teeth can be preserved into old age. However, there are factors that make oral hygiene at home difficult for the patient or that are insufficient as a sole measure. Many areas in the oral cavity are difficult to access; There is a lack of professional aids to achieve optimal cleaning. At this point, professional teeth cleaning in the dental practice and the hand of a trained specialist are required. Every PZR also includes an examination of the oral cavity and the dental system.

Areas that are difficult to clean promote plaque and bad breath

• Implants, bridge members or complex prosthetic work are more difficult to clean than your own teeth and require a great deal of manual dexterity.
• Also in the interdental spaces Misalignment or it is difficult or only partial for the patient to clean closely spaced teeth. These predelection points (prone to accumulation of plaque) can only be kept clean by professional teeth cleaning in order to prevent gum inflammation and bad breath.
• In addition, you can be shown in a manual skills training how and with which aids you can reach and clean the hard-to-reach areas.
• The plaque attached to the gumline not only causes inflammation of the gums and periodontitis, but also slips below the level of the gums over time. These inaccessible deposits and concretions (stubborn deposits on the root surface) can only be removed with the Subgingival cleaning (under the gums) and removed by the specialist with special hand instruments will.


How can I prevent periodontal disease?

Periodontosis - or periodontitis - is an inflammatory disease of the ...

• Tooth discoloration and deposits of nicotine, tea, Wine or coffee can only be removed by professional teeth cleaning.

Health begins in the mouth

Did you know that the state of our oral health has a major impact on the health of the entire body? There is an interaction between mouth- and general diseases such as cardiovascular and vascular diseases, infections of the respiratory tract, diabetes mellitus, Gastrointestinal-Diseases and osteoporosis. With the right prophylaxis, the risk of caries and periodontitis can be reduced and the risk factors for general diseases can be lowered.

For whom is professional teeth cleaning necessary?

The PZR is necessary and useful

• in patients with an increased risk of tooth decay.
• in patients with inflammation of the gums.
• in patients with impaired manual dexterity.
• in patients with implants.
• in the case of periodontitis as a supportive therapy measure.
• if you are pregnant. Here, professional teeth cleaning can minimize the risk of pregnancy gingivitis and premature birth.

If you are one of those patients, professional teeth cleaning is necessary up to four times a year. The PZR is therefore the most important preventive measure in dentistry in combination with good oral hygiene at home and can only be useful for you.