Preventing is better than drilling
A clean tooth rarely falls ill.
Prevention means stepping in before treatment becomes necessary. Caries and periodontitis are among the most widespread diseases there are, and both can largely be avoided.
Regular prevention at the dental practice, matched to your own risk, together with good oral hygiene at home, makes a substantial contribution to keeping your own teeth – into old age.
Two sides of the same thing
Prevention only works halfway at the practice. The professional tooth cleaning removes what has been left behind at home; daily oral hygiene decides how much that is in the first place. The two together work; either one alone achieves little.
What happens at the practice
A prevention session almost always follows the same course:
- Findings: where are the deposits, where do the gums bleed?
- Removal of hard and soft deposits, including below the gum line
- Cleaning of the interdental spaces
- Polishing of the surfaces
- Fluoridation to harden the enamel
- Instruction: which technique and which aids suit your own teeth
Subjects
Where would you like to start?
- Tooth cleaningWhat the practice removes, where the brush at home cannot reach.
- Prevention at the practiceMore than the tooth cleaning — and part of it costs nothing.
- Oral hygiene at homeTeeth twice, interdental spaces once — the rest is accessories.
- What makes teeth illAlmost everything begins in the same place: with a layer of bacteria.
- Mouth and bodyA chronic inflammation in the mouth does not stay in the mouth.
- Children's teethMilk teeth are not practice teeth.
- Teeth in old ageIt is not age that harms the teeth, but what comes with it.
A practice near you
Almost every dental practice offers prevention – what matters is the equipment. In the directory practices enter themselves and state which services they offer: professional tooth cleaning, prevention for children, periodontal follow-up care, a bad-breath clinic, fluoridation and sealing.
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The essentials at a glance
- Soft dental plaque can be brushed away – after about 24 hours it begins to harden. Once it is tartar, only the practice can get it off again.
- The interdental spaces make up about a third of the tooth surface. No brush reaches there; dental floss and interdental brushes are made for it.
- Professional tooth cleaning is generally a private service. How often it is needed depends on the risk – not on the calendar.
- What matters in a toothpaste is the fluoride content, not the flavour. Where tooth necks are exposed, low abrasiveness is added to that.
Answered briefly
Frequently asked questions
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