Dental knowledge: prevention in dentistry

An important part of preventive dentistry is professional tooth cleaning, which should be carried out by specially trained staff. It includes thorough advice. Using special instruments, brushes and, where appropriate, ultrasound, hidden bacterial deposits are removed that even careful cleaning at home cannot reach.

The aim is to free the teeth and the accessible root surfaces of hard and soft deposits – calculus and plaque. Discolouration from coffee, tea or cigarettes has usually gone after an air polisher has been used. The teeth are then polished to prevent plaque settling again, and the hard tooth substance can finally be sealed by applying fluoride locally.

Preventive measures tailored to each individual patient often make it possible to avoid dental conditions such as caries and periodontitis.