Hygiene Therapy – More than "Just A Cleaning" Back to Services

Each year, our hygiene team takes advanced dental education to provide you with current research-based, state of the art dental care that is "more than just a cleaning."

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers have uncovered potential links between periodontal disease and other serious health conditions. To prevent dental disease from compromising your oral AND physical health, our hygiene team is different.

At each visit, our hygienists thoroughly evaluate your current oral and overall physical well-being, as well as your dental and medical health history.

All this AND… Back to Services

In addition, the hygiene team has advanced training to specifically:

• Perform prophylaxis to prevent decay, gum disease, bone and tooth loss
• Remove plaque build-up that can contribute to cardiovascular disease
• Provide you with a benchmark for your gum health by measuring bone loss and tissue damage
• Assist in reversing oral health problems by detecting early warning signs
• Prevent tissue damage due to cancer therapy
• Provide appropriate therapies for diabetic patients
• Recognize and facilitate treatment of dry mouth and burning mouth syndrome
• Teach current research-based homecare techniques
• Educate on the use of home medicines, including a special anti-germ mouth rinse containing chlorhexidine to help control plaque and gingivitis

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• Apply antibiotic gels, fibers, or chips to help kill germs that cause periodontitis
• Suppress the destruction of the tooth's attachment to the bone with antibiotics
• Facilitate guided tissue regeneration (stimulation of bone and gum tissue re-growth)
• Prevent toothaches
• Teach how to care for dentures and dental implants
• Screen for oral cancer, mouth sores, or other diseased tissue at each visit
• Evaluate for jaw joint disorders, including TMJ and arthritis
• Promote chewing comfort and a healthy bite
• Educate you on how arthritis, diabetes, other diseases, and medications affect your oral health
• Curettage (remove) the diseased gum tissue in an infected periodontal pocket, allowing the area to heal

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Your hygienist works with you to maintain and preserve your oral and physical health, your teeth, and a great, natural look throughout your life.

With their knowledge, level of expertise, and current scientific technology, our hygiene team ALWAYS provides much "more than just a cleaning."