The Important Role Houston Dental Hygienists Play in Teeth Cleaning
Who cleans our teeth?
Our trained and experienced team of Houston dental hygienists handles teeth cleaning here at the Medical Center Dental Group.
What tools do they use?
Dental hygienists use a number of tools that have been used in both General Dentistry and Cosmetic Dentistry for many years. These tools include small hand and rotary instruments. One of these is the tooth scaler. It is used to remove plaque from teeth. A sophisticated tool we use is an ultrasonic tool called a Piezo scaler that cleans, polishes and removes stains.
What else accompanies a dental cleaning?
Houston dental hygienists also brush and floss your teeth with a special toothbrush and toothpaste. The brush has a small, round tip that moves around to clean your teeth, and the toothpaste has a more grainy constitution to scrape residual plaque from tooth enamel.
The dental hygienist also flosses your teeth, partly as part of the treatment, and partly as a demonstration on the proper methods of flossing. Many people floss incorrectly so we always reiterate proper technique when patients come to see us.
Do Houston dental hygienists also check for cavities?
Yes. We take x-rays of your teeth and develop these for close examination by our team of dental specialists. These x-rays are critical to finding smaller cavities that hide in the spaces between teeth, or on the edges of teeth that even dental mirrors cannot easily find.
Does it hurt to get an x-ray done?
No. You do have to hold a piece of plastic in your mouth, but you do not have to bite down on it hard to the point that it hurts.
Is the radiation dangerous?
Not in the minuscule amounts you are exposed to in a tooth cleaning. As a precautionary measure as well, the hygienist also places a blanket over you that shields your body from the x-rays so that only your mouth is exposed during the procedure.
Do you give fluoride treatments?
Yes. We do not prescribe fluoride tablets for children, but we do as professionals carefully administer fluoride as part of a rigorous tooth cleaning. Fluoride, when administered in this fashion, does make teeth stronger and more resistant to cavities.
Does the dentist participate in the tooth cleaning?
Yes. The teeth cleaning are a team effort here at the Cosmetic Dentistry Center of Houston. Dental hygienists and dentists work together. After the hygienist takes and develops the x-rays, the dentist looks at them and goes over the results with you. He or she also takes a close look at your bite (how your teeth fit together).
What do you do if you find a problem?
We minimize the fear factor and demythologize the problem first and foremost. Then we talk about options (normally more than one) to tackle the problem. Then we talk about money and how to arrange for insurance to cover the solution or an in-house payment assistant plan to be arranged.
Our trained and experienced team of Houston dental hygienists handles teeth cleaning here at the Medical Center Dental Group.
What tools do they use?
Dental hygienists use a number of tools that have been used in both General Dentistry and Cosmetic Dentistry for many years. These tools include small hand and rotary instruments. One of these is the tooth scaler. It is used to remove plaque from teeth. A sophisticated tool we use is an ultrasonic tool called a Piezo scaler that cleans, polishes and removes stains.
What else accompanies a dental cleaning?
Houston dental hygienists also brush and floss your teeth with a special toothbrush and toothpaste. The brush has a small, round tip that moves around to clean your teeth, and the toothpaste has a more grainy constitution to scrape residual plaque from tooth enamel.
The dental hygienist also flosses your teeth, partly as part of the treatment, and partly as a demonstration on the proper methods of flossing. Many people floss incorrectly so we always reiterate proper technique when patients come to see us.
Do Houston dental hygienists also check for cavities?
Yes. We take x-rays of your teeth and develop these for close examination by our team of dental specialists. These x-rays are critical to finding smaller cavities that hide in the spaces between teeth, or on the edges of teeth that even dental mirrors cannot easily find.
Does it hurt to get an x-ray done?
No. You do have to hold a piece of plastic in your mouth, but you do not have to bite down on it hard to the point that it hurts.
Is the radiation dangerous?
Not in the minuscule amounts you are exposed to in a tooth cleaning. As a precautionary measure as well, the hygienist also places a blanket over you that shields your body from the x-rays so that only your mouth is exposed during the procedure.
Do you give fluoride treatments?
Yes. We do not prescribe fluoride tablets for children, but we do as professionals carefully administer fluoride as part of a rigorous tooth cleaning. Fluoride, when administered in this fashion, does make teeth stronger and more resistant to cavities.
Does the dentist participate in the tooth cleaning?
Yes. The teeth cleaning are a team effort here at the Cosmetic Dentistry Center of Houston. Dental hygienists and dentists work together. After the hygienist takes and develops the x-rays, the dentist looks at them and goes over the results with you. He or she also takes a close look at your bite (how your teeth fit together).
What do you do if you find a problem?
We minimize the fear factor and demythologize the problem first and foremost. Then we talk about options (normally more than one) to tackle the problem. Then we talk about money and how to arrange for insurance to cover the solution or an in-house payment assistant plan to be arranged.
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