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During a dental hygiene exam, hygienists examine your teeth, gums, tongue, and mouth for signs of gum disease and tooth decay.  

Periodontal disease is diagnosed by your dentist or dental hygienist during a periodontal examination. This type of exam should always be part of your dental hygiene check-up. A periodontal probe (small dental instrument) is gently used to measure the sulcus (pocket or space) between the tooth and the gums. 

With the small mirror to guide them, the dental hygienist uses a scaler to get rid of plaque and tartar around your gum line, as well as in between your teeth. You’ll hear scraping, but this is normal. The more tartar there is in your mouth, the more time they’ll need to scrape a particular spot.

Brushing and flossing stops plaque from building up and hardening into tartar. Once you have tartar, you can only have it removed by a dental professional. So if this is your least favorite part of the teeth cleaning process, the lesson is to brush and floss more often.

 After your teeth are completely tartar-free, the hygienist brushes them with a high-powered electric brush, which makes a grinding noise. While it sounds scary, it’s a great way to get a deep clean and remove any tartar left behind from the scaler.

Professional cleanings use toothpaste that smells and tastes like regular toothpaste, though you can often choose between flavors. However, it has a gritty consistency that gently scrubs your teeth. 

The last step of the cleaning process is a fluoride treatment. This treatment is used as a protectant for your teeth to help fight against cavities for several months.

Your dental hygienist may ask you what flavor you like best. They’ll then place the foamy gel (or sometimes a sticky paste) into a mouthpiece that fits over your teeth. It’s usually left on your teeth for one minute. Besides the foamy gel, fluoride varnish is also painted onto the teeth with a small brush. Fluoride varnish will harden when in contact with saliva, so you can eat and drink immediately after.

Dental sealants are thin, protective coatings that shield the chewing surfaces of your back teeth from harmful, cavity-causing bacteria. Dental hygienists may place sealants as part of a preventive dental treatment plan. 

Dental Hygienist can apply a thin layer of a fluoride gel or another type of desensitizing agent to strengthen your enamel which will help reduce teeth sensitivity and stop the transmissions to your nerves causing pain. These appointments only take a few minutes and have long-lasting effects. 

A temporary restorative procedure which arrests dental decay through a therapeutic release of fluoride, leading to remineralization of the interface layer between the dentin and the temporary cement, thereby stabilizing the tooth structure until a permanent restoration can be placed.

Anticariogenic/Antimicrobial Agents 

A clear liquid that can be used to help prevent cavities from growing, particularly in children.

By combining fluoride’s ability to remineralize teeth with silver’s antibacterial properties, SDF can strengthen your teeth and prevent cavities from growing and spreading to other teeth.

Hygienist will examine the lining of your cheeks, gums, lips, tongue, and floor and roof of your mouth to check for lesions and abnormalities. If they find anything suspicious, they'll refer you to an oncologist for further testing. 

Our Mouths Host the Body’s Second-Most Diverse Microbial Community

This is for the Determination of Patholo gical Agents .

 from the Oral Cavity 

•  First Dental Hygiene Visit/Orientation• 
• Up to the age of three (3) inclusive .