A professional teeth cleaning is one of the easiest ways to maintain a healthy smile. Having your teeth cleaned regularly at Century Dental helps reduce your risk of serious dental diseases, including gum disease and cavities. It is also an excellent way to leave your teeth feeling smooth and clean and gain beautifully fresh breath.

Why Should I Get My Teeth Cleaned?
Hopefully, you already have a good oral care routine where you brush your teeth at least twice daily and floss every day. However, even after thoroughly cleaning your teeth, you will inevitably miss some areas. The whole point of cleaning your teeth is to remove plaque and food debris.

Dental plaque continually forms over tooth surfaces and is a sticky biofilm containing harmful bacteria that feed off leftover food particles trapped between and around your teeth after every meal. As these bacteria feed, they produce harmful toxins and acids that can damage your teeth, causing cavities and infecting and inflaming your gums, resulting in gum disease.

Plaque hardens into calculus or tartar in just two or three days and can no longer be brushed or flossed away. The presence of tartar makes it easier for more plaque to stick to your teeth, so the risk of dental problems increases. At the same time, tartar can look unattractive as it builds up around the gumline, forming a crusty layer that looks discolored and stained.

Having your teeth cleaned professionally removes all plaque and tartar buildup, including those hard-to-reach areas in between your teeth and right at the back of your mouth. Getting rid of this build up makes it easier for you to maintain a healthy mouth.

It’s also the ideal opportunity to get some excellent advice on improving your brushing and flossing routine at home. When we examine your mouth, we can easily identify areas where you may fail to brush properly or are missing entirely. We can also provide useful tips and tricks on brushing more thoroughly.

What Is a Teeth Cleaning?
Professional dental cleaning shouldn’t feel painful, and our experienced hygienists will first examine your mouth to check the general condition of your teeth and gums before using special ultrasonic dental tools to loosen calculus buildup. Once the calculus is loosened, it is scaled or scraped away using different dental tools. After all the calculus is removed, your teeth are carefully polished.

Polishing your teeth serves two purposes: it helps to smooth the cleaned surfaces, and the smoother surface makes it harder for new plaque to adhere. Dental polishing also helps remove some surface stains, so your teeth look a little brighter and sparkle once treatment is finished. Finally, your hygienist will carefully floss between each tooth to check all tartar is thoroughly removed.

Your hygienist will also discuss your dental health and make recommendations on improving your oral care routine. If you have questions, be sure to ask them, as dental education is an important part of our practice. We love educating our patients and empowering them to take control of their dental health.
Century Medical & Dental Center

Century Medical & Dental Center
827 11th Ave
New York, NY 10019
(212) 369-5566

Working Hours:
Manhattan
Monday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday: Closed

Payment: cash, check, credit cards.