Unfortunately, even regular careful cleaning of teeth does not give one hundred percent purity. After a while, each person has a hard dental plaque on his teeth and under the gum, which is not brushed off with a normal brush. Remove it and return to the teeth a natural color will help professional ultrasonic teeth cleaning.
Types of dental deposits
Dental plaque occurs in the mouth of each person, regardless of hygiene habits. It is a product of the vital activity of microorganisms, which are an integral part of the human mouth. Even after thorough cleaning - after a couple of hours the teeth are again covered with a light dental plaque. Coffee, as well as other drinks containing sugar, foods with a large amount of carbohydrate, nicotine - lead to a faster formation of plaque on the teeth.
A tartar is in time not removed, or not qualitatively removed plaque. In addition to poor oral hygiene, the transformation of plaque into the stone contributes to impaired metabolism. First, the stone is loose and not pigmented, but eventually it hardens, and it will be possible to remove it only with the help of professional cleaning - for example, ultrasonic teeth cleaning.
Nicotine plaque, known as the smoker's exposure, arises from excessive craving for cigarettes and is characterized by a specific dark coloration due to the content of tobacco smoke products (nicotine, resins, etc.). If such a plaque can not be eliminated with the help of an ultrasonic dentifrice (scaler), then in the future it threatens the development of periodontal and dental diseases.
How it works?
The technology of ultrasonic teeth cleaning is based on the process of cavitation. The scaler tip is pulsating at a tremendous rate, and when interacting with a special gel, which is applied at the beginning of the procedure, foam forms. The bubbles of this foam contain oxygen, which effectively cleans all hard-to-reach toothbrush with paste paste, including under the gum, where the largest amount of hard dental deposits usually accumulate. Permanent irrigation with water allows you to instantly remove the separated tartar, which is absorbed through the saliva ejector, without bringing any discomfort.
The effect of ultrasound manifests itself not only in the mechanical cleaning of teeth from plaque, but also in a small degree of bleaching of the enamel. At 1-2 tone your teeth will become lighter.
After ultrasonic cleaning of teeth, the doctor will remind you that it is worth several hours to refrain from smoking and taking the following products:
- beet;
- carrot;
- berries, including blue grapes;
- sauces;
- chocolate;
- Tea coffee;
- carbonated drinks;
- of wine.
To repeat ultrasonic cleaning of teeth can be on average up to 3 times a year without harm to the enamel. In any case, prevention is always more pleasant than treatment. But this question in each particular case is solved only by your attending physician.
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Like any medical manipulation, ultrasonic teeth cleaning has its contra-indications:
- children's age (before the end of the interchangeable occlusion);
- hypersensitivity of tooth enamel;
- ARVI and other respiratory diseases;
- implants;
- Heart arythmy;
- endocarditis;
- oncological diseases;
- asthma, bronchitis;
- hepatitis, tuberculosis, HIV infection.
Ultrasonic cleaning during pregnancy can be performed if a woman does not have gingivitis, which is manifested by bleeding gums. Also, cleaning is recommended during the second trimester. In any case, the procedure must necessarily be coordinated with the gynecologist who observes pregnancy.