Preventive Care in Sugar Hill

When you combine effective strategies for eliminating dental plaque and tartar, you're doing the best you can to promote optimal preventive care. At North Gwinnett Dental Care, we recommend cleanings at our office every six months in addition to a foundation of good nutrition, brushing, and flossing on your own.

At the top of the list of preventive measures is to eat a diet that is limited in sugars and starches, items that cause the formation of dental plaque in the first place. The less of them you consume, the less plaque you'll have. And that's most certainly a good thing. How often should you brush your teeth? At minimum, do so twice per day. First when you wake up, then again before you go to sleep. Supplement that with a thorough flossing at bedtime, as well. If you can manage it, brushing after meals is also enormously helpful. The goal is to give dental plaque and its bacterial acids the least amount of time possible to erode your tooth enamel and to irritate your gums. Where our teeth cleaning Sugar Hill comes in is by eliminating hardened tartar. The source of it is any dental plaque that is not removed as part of your regular daily oral hygiene regimen. Tartar cannot be efficiently dealt with on your own, even if you can reach it. Two trips per year for our teeth cleaning Sugar Hill, as part of a complete oral examination, eradicate tartar and also reverse the effects of early stage gum disease so that it cannot progress to an advanced stage. Another key preventive benefit is the timely diagnosis and treatment of cavities, which keeps those cavities from growing larger and leading to more severe consequences.

Contact us right now to schedule our teeth cleaning Sugar Hill and an oral examination.