Monday 15 August 2016

Common myth “Scaling/cleaning of teeth causes negative impact on teeth”…..????

Fact- Your mouth is a jungle-home to myriads of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. It has been established that the environment present in the human mouth allows the growth of characteristic mouth microorganisms. It provides water and nutrients, as well as a moderate temperature which are conducive for microbial growth. Resident microbes of the mouth adhere to the teeth and gums to resist mechanical flushing from the mouth to stomach. Scaling helps in maintaining oral hygiene, by removal of tartar and deposits on the base of teeth, there by health of gums is also restored, scaling also enhances tooth color by removal of extrinsic stains.
Above graph depicts changes in the quantity of microbes in oral cavity within 24 hours followed by brushing, Hence, its clearly evident that scaling/professional cleaning has for more reaching affect on reduction of microbes and attaining the health of not only oral tissues but the general body too.






The problems that are answered by scaling are:

Bleeding gums
Bad breath
Ugly looking deposits on teeth
Thick inflamed gums
Increase in firmness of gums on teeth
Prevention of bone resorption, thereby better support hence prolonging life of healthy teeth
Reduction of oral bacteria thus less germs to the stomach so healthy body too
With the reduction of microbes, the rate of progression dental caries/cavity is also delayed a lot