Brighten Up Your Smile
With Scaling, Deep Cleaning And Root Planning

Scaling

Dentist will clean your teeth. They may use different tools like hand scalars or ultrasonic scalars to loose and remove deposits from the teeth.

the gingivitis is left untreated, it can spread to the bone which known as periodontitis, in that case dentist will advise you to go for deep cleaning with or without root planning depending on the severity of gums disease.

Deep Cleaning

This procedure goes deeper than a regular cleaning to remove plaque and tarter beneath the gum. Patient will be given anesthetic to minimize discomfort

Root Planing

Depth of the gum tissue between the teeth and gums are called pockets. When it is more than 5 mm or more, your dentist might prescribe a deep cleaning with root planing. Dentist will use a scaling instrument to remove plaque and tarter from the surface or the roots. Which include smoothing of the root surface and removal of any infected tooth structure. Antibiotics may be prescribed to boost immune system to combat the bacterial infection in gum tissue