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Asked for female, 23 years old from Mumbai
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Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Associate Fe...read more

Dentist•Ghaziabad
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Yes, scaling you do before or later does not matter.
Important question is, what is causing you problem more than the other if you have pain, sensitivity, swelling, unbearable pain, so obvious you will want to get rid of that first. But if you feel you want to get rid of deposits first because you are having bleeding, you not liking the deposit, bad breath, etc. And that is more than the pain from tooth then definitely scaling.
Everything depends on what is the complaint you have when yo...more
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Asked for male, 25 years old from Hyderabad
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Dentist•Ghaziabad
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Hello,
if those black dots are not deep, and if dentist probe do not get stick in it, till that time you should not worry, but if it does, then you must get them filled if you are talking about black dots on the back teeth top surface. These black dot could be stains as well, but to know better your dentist will move the probe in that surface and if it catches then its a cavity which you need to get it filled and if does not then its a stain which you need not to worry.
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Asked for female, 25 years old from Chandigarh
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Dentist•Ghaziabad
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with Proper Oral hygiene maintenance you can correct the Pyorrhea.

First of all start brushing at night the food you eat or if you drink milk, soda before going to bed and you do not brush, its welcoming cavity, plaque, in your mouth and as time pass by you will fill loose gums, lot of cavity, bleeding gums, bad breadth and much more.
Also do you floss? If not then start to floss, its difficult initially but it is going to save you from lot of cavities and gum disease.

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Asked for male, 25 years old from Coimbatore
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Dentist•Ghaziabad
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For cavity problems, the toothpaste you mentioned will not reduce the risk of cavity problems
for not decaying if you have acute carious activity in your mouth. For that
1. If you do not have fluorosis then
3m clinpro 5000 1.1% toothpaste (its expensive than the other toothpaste available in the market)
or enafix toothpaste.
Reduces risk for cavity and make enamel strong
also
1. Correct brushing technique
2. Flossing daily
3. Use of mouthwash like chlorhexidin...more
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Asked for male, 32 years old from Vellore
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Hiii. Good morning. May be the stains will be extrinsic and discolorations seen. Do scaling once and follow up a scaling after three months to maintain the oral hygiene. After that you can do scaling once a year or six months once. I advice flossing and interdental brushing after scaling. Thank you.
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I have got a hygiene clean and didn’t know she did a scaling and polishing on me. I regret going to that specific dentist and should have probably just used a better recommended mouthwash for the little tarter I had built up. She ruined my front bottom teeth because I had no gaps and the gum she cut it off because it was pointy and attached to my teeth in between but it’s all of a sudden and half the amount after I left the appointment. I’m so shocked and it’s kn two places that she did and one worse than the other. I’m 100 percent sure my gum was not was it receding in anyway. Please if you can explain what happened and what did and if my gum will grow or get better. It was done on monday and it’s been thee days I don’t see an improvement and I feel like it’s getting worse. Please help me and what I can do to fix this too.

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BDS, FAGE, DDC A11838, MIDA,WHO, A.FELLO...read more

Dentist•Ghaziabad
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Always remember
scaling and polishing will never create gaps in the teeth.
Scaling and polishing will never cut the gums.
There is a reason why
1. The instrument that is used to do scaling is a vibrating machine, it vibrates at 120000 rpm i.e speed and some even more. So a vibrating instrument will only vibrate the calculus which you call tartar, and thus the calculus get removed.
2. The instrument that is used to do scaling has no cutting surface, so in no way it can cut gum...more
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Asked for female, 21 years old from Namakkal
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You can avoid foods causing stains only solution for you tea coffee cold drink ice cream take calcium rich food milk colgate tooth whitening toothpaste can be reduced stain formation you can go for bleaching for further details please contact 1edd my code.
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Asked for male, 20 years old from Guwahati
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Ayurvedic Doctor•Zirakpur
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Plaque is not removed regularly by tooth brushing and flossing, it hardens to create calculus (also known as tartar). Calculus cannot be removed with a toothbrush; only a dental professional can remove it during an oral cleaning.
There are certain mineral combos those are used for cleaning teeth effectively but can not clean to the extent of removing thick tartar or stone.
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Asked for male, 38 years old from Delhi
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Bachelor of Dental Surgery

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hello lybrate user...
I advice you to take gradually reduce the pan masala and tobacco..
I Suggest you to do scaling..
then brush twice a day..
use dental floss.
use mouth wash..

after scaling, the calculus and mild stains will be removed..
if the stains wasn't removed means, bleaching has to be done..
the sensitivity will go after scaling..

regarding tooth paste, you can use sensodent... or other related tooth pastes..
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Asked for female, 27 years old from Patna
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Bachelor of Dental Surgery

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Hello Lybrate user. Scaling is safe. It does not cause any teeth to get mobile. Without scaling and increase in periodontal problem causes mobile teeth. Consult me for more details. Thank you.
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