What is the concept of dental calculus? Is there anything that can be removed?

Classification: Medical/Disease

Problem description:

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Analysis:

Dental calculus is an accomplice of periodontal disease. When the food residue left on the tooth surface has not been removed, hard deposits will be formed on the tooth surface, which is dental calculus, which needs to be removed by dentists with dental cleaners.

Experts suggest that washing calculus once every six months can relieve inflammation such as gingivitis and periodontitis, but periodontal disease can not be cured simply by washing teeth. To eradicate periodontal disease, further diagnosis and oral professional treatment should be carried out after tooth washing. So the main purpose of tooth washing is to prevent and treat oral diseases, not just to look good. At present, ultrasonic dental cleaners are usually used to shake off dental calculus, and deeper dental calculus is removed with a spoon if necessary.

In addition, there are many places to pay attention to when washing teeth:

The process of tooth washing is generally a little sore, and it is easier to bleed if there is severe inflammation or if you have not washed a lot of calculus for a long time. Generally, the bleeding after tooth washing will gradually disappear in a day or two. If good oral hygiene can be maintained, most bleeding after brushing teeth and before washing teeth can disappear in a week or so. If there is still bleeding in some places, please see a dentist to check whether there is periodontal disease or residual stones deep in the gums.

After washing teeth, teeth will be a little sensitive to cold and heat and feel sore. This symptom should be temporary and usually disappears in a week or so. If the symptoms of soreness persist, consider using some commercially available anti-allergic toothpaste. Generally, using it for about a month will improve this situation.

After washing teeth, the teeth often look longer and the gaps will be bigger. This is mainly because the inflamed tooth flesh is no longer swollen and the tooth flesh has returned to health. Although teeth become very clean after washing, if cleaning is neglected, calculus will grow again soon, so Qin Ying brushes his teeth and flosses.

It should also be noted that tooth cleaning is a highly professional technical work. In stomatological hospital, it takes about three hours for medical staff to wash their teeth with manual instruments. It takes about an hour to clean your teeth with an ultrasonic dental cleaner. In addition, the place to wash your teeth should be carefully chosen, and you should go to a regular hospital to find a strictly trained medical staff to wash your teeth.