The medical term commonly known as "cleaning" is called ultrasonic cleaning. Ultrasonic scaling is to use an ultrasonic scaler, place the working head on the tooth surface, and remove calculus from different parts of the tooth surface through ultrasonic vibration. When cleaning teeth, the working head lightly touches the calculus to achieve the purpose of rapid stone crushing. Therefore, ultrasonic cleaning will not cause damage to the teeth.
Frequent "cleaning" is to go to the stomatology department of a stomatology hospital or a general hospital on a regular basis, and a professional stomatologist will perform an ultrasonic cleaning. Then it is medically recommended that people with healthy periodontal should go to a regular hospital for ultrasonic cleaning every six months to one year to prevent the occurrence of periodontal disease. Specialized hospital for treatment, the doctor will according to each patient's different conditions, for teeth cleaning and some other periodontal treatment.
After ultrasonic cleaning, there will still be some pigment and small calculus left on the tooth surface. You may feel that the tooth surface is a little rough. Therefore, after ultrasonic cleaning, you should use a polisher to polish the tooth surface to make the tooth surface smooth and delay the re-adhesion of calculus. on the teeth.