NW Calgary Dental Hygiene

Healthy teeth and gums are the cornerstone of a healthy mouth and a beautiful smile. That is why Point McKay Dental is pleased to offer dental hygiene appointments to help you achieve optimal oral health. While regular home maintenance is important to overall oral hygiene, it only focuses on areas of the teeth above the gumline (called scaling). A professional cleaning can not only clean teeth above the gumline, but also below the gumline as well (called root planning). It is only through scaling AND root planing that tartar, plaque, and bacteria can properly be removed from difficult to reach places below the gumline that home care cannot reach.

When you visit Point McKay Dental for your Dental Hygiene appointment, our team of dental hygienists will clean your teeth above the gum line, which is known as scaling, and below the gum line using a technique called root planing. We use traditional hand scalers and our ultrasonic scaling tools to remove calcium deposits, called calculus, from your teeth.

Your hygiene therapy needs depend on several factors. If your teeth are more susceptible to the accumulation of plaque and calculus, if you have crowded teeth, or if you have advanced gum disease, the frequency of your visits may not match the other members of your family. The Point McKay Dental team evaluates every patient on an individual basis to determine the dental hygiene schedule that will best meet their specific needs. Most patients visit Point McKay Dental for their dental hygiene appointment every 6 months, but some people may benefit from a hygiene visit every 3-4 months. Others may only require a hygiene appointment every 9 to 12 months. The dental hygienists at Point McKay Dental will advise you on how often you should visit our practice to maintain your oral health and wellness.