Gum Care | Dental Scaling

We provide comprehensive gum care.

What is the importance of gums for my teeth?

Even if we have perfectly healthy teeth, the supporting gums are needed for holding the teeth in place. Gums (otherwise called gingiva / periodontium) form the backbone of teeth so that we can chew and bite properly. As a result gum care becomes equally important as taking care of your teeth.

How to take care of your gums?

Firstly, brushing daily in the prescribed manner is essential for health of gums and teeth. When we brush our teeth, gums also get massaged. This helps in preventing build up of harmful bacteria at the margin of your gums and teeth.

Brushing

Dental cleaning/ Scaling

Ultrasonic scaler

Dental plaque is the build up of bacteria around your teeth. Over time it gets converted to hard deposits called calculus. When this happens you need to visit a dentist so that this hard deposits can be removed by ultrasonic scaling. Generally it is advised to get dental scaling done every 6 months so that your gums remain free of infection caused by plaque and calculus.

What is Periodontics?

Surgical procedures of the gums and periodontium is known as periodontics. Crown lengthening, treatment of recession of gums, frenectomy, etc are part of periodontics.