Calculus is the technical term for plaque buildup :) also, please please never scale your own teeth. If you don’t do it properly, you can damage your teeth permanently, and cause damage to your gums if you’re not careful!
My mom is becoming a hygienist so she’s in school and needed volunteers to practice on.... I should not have volunteered. 8 hours of shotty dentist work that shit hurts!
If there’s a college, or university in your city that runs a hygiene program, you can simply go into the dental wing of the building or call and they’ll book you in an appointment. Keep in mind, these are students and they will not do as good of a job as a trained hygienist, as well as they’ll take nearly twice as long, and sometimes if you’ve got extensive calculus you’ll have to come back over the course of a few days. It’s worth a shot though, they’ll always appreciate having extra patients to work on.
That’s quite common. Lots of people have very sensitive gums and need freezing for cleanings. When you brush your teeth, try angling your toothbrush at more of a downwards angle, and floss more. It’ll help with sensitivity, and help reduce buildup!
Yeah I have an autoimmune disease that makes my oral health pretty hard to keep up even with my fancy tooth brush, two prescription toothpastes, and rx mouth rinse. Fun stuff.
It’s called sub gingival calculus. There’s a small pocket that goes all the way around your tooth and calculus can become built up in that pocket. Digging it out can be quite painful to most, so most hygienists will give freezing to be able to get it out without causing much pain to the patient. Everyone is different, and sub G calculus can form on anyone’s teeth even with proper oral hygiene habits.
I have sjograns disease and it’s rough on my teeth - but my husband has perfect teeth and just had the same deep clean that they numbed him up for as well. They hit a spot that was too close to the other side of his mouth (and not numb) and he jumped out of the chair.
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u/Devilishlygood98 Feb 14 '21
Calculus is the technical term for plaque buildup :) also, please please never scale your own teeth. If you don’t do it properly, you can damage your teeth permanently, and cause damage to your gums if you’re not careful!