Dental Hygiene in Wigston

Professional Dental Hygienist in Wigston – Keeping Your Smile Healthy

A clean, fresh mouth equals a confident smile, and our hygiene treatments are your secret to making your smile even more special.

At The Dental & Cosmetic Clinic, our hygiene therapists are highly trained to ensure your oral health is at its optimum level. Using the Airflow Tooth Polishing system and Guided Biofilm Therapy, alongside other dental hygiene cleaning techniques, we will remove any build-up of plaque on the teeth and bacteria from the gum line. Our dental hygienist in Wigston will help you to improve your overall dental health and avoid gum disease.

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Convenient dental hygiene services in Wigston and Leicester

Below are some of the top reasons to book your hygiene appointment:

Step 1: Prevents dental issues from developing
Regular visits to your hygienist help prevent periodontal and gum disease from developing.

Step 2: Feel more confident with a lighter, brighter smile
Stains, plaque, and tartar will be removed during your hygienist appointment, leaving your teeth whiter and brighter.

Step 3: Fresh breath
As your hygienist can reach parts that normal brushing can’t reach, you will have fresher breath and cleaner teeth, giving you a healthier mouth.

Step 4: Oral health tips and advice
Your hygienist can demonstrate how to clean and floss teeth more effectively, so you can maintain a cleaner and healthier mouth in between your appointments.

Step 5: Screening for mouth cancer and other oral diseases
As part of your appointment, your hygienist will do a mouth cancer screening check to spot any warning signs early on.

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Why dental hygiene matters for a healthy mouth and body

Maintaining excellent oral health goes far beyond just a bright smile. It’s a crucial cornerstone of your overall wellbeing, influencing everything from your heart to your general vitality. Neglecting your dental hygiene can have surprising and serious consequences for your entire body.

It’s easy to think of your mouth as separate from the rest of your body, but the reality is quite different. Your mouth is a gateway to your digestive and respiratory systems, teeming with bacteria – both good and bad. When harmful bacteria are allowed to multiply due to poor dental hygiene, they can lead to infections like gum disease (gingivitis and periodontitis).

But the impact doesn’t stop there. Research increasingly links poor oral health to a range of systemic conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, respiratory issues, and rheumatoid arthritis: While diligent brushing and flossing at home are essential, they can’t always reach every nook and cranny. That’s where professional dental hygiene appointments come in.

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What to expect at your hygienist appointment

The main part of your hygiene appointment involves a routine scale and polish. This deep clean removes stubborn tartar from all the hard-to-reach areas. This is then followed by a professional polish – which leaves your teeth feeling smoother, cleaner, and brighter.

We can also offer Airflow treatment, which uses a high-powered spray to project water, bicarbonate and compressed air onto the teeth, and clean away areas of plaque and gently remove yellow, brown or grey stains. The spray technology ensures hard to reach areas can be accessed and treated effectively in a fast and non-invasive way.

The procedure is completely pain-free and much gentler than a traditional scale and polish treatment, which can cause sensitivity in some patients. It is quick and straightforward and leaves you with brilliantly brighter and healthy-looking teeth in just one visit to our practice.

As well as a deep clean, we will advise you on how to properly care for your teeth and gums. We can show you how to use interdental cleaning tools properly so you can keep up the hard work at home.

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Benefits of Regular Visits to a Dental Hygienist

Ask our dental hygienists how to keep your teeth clean and they will be more than happy to advise and guide you on brushing and flossing techniques. Regular appointments are essential to maintain your oral health and have many positive effects, such as:

• Helping to avoid tooth decay and treatments such as fillings
• Helping to avoid gum disease and learning how to care for your gums
• Helping to establish an effective home care routine
• To learn what foods to avoid to keep your teeth as healthy as possible
• Ask for smoking-cessation advice to improve your dental and general health
• Can provide localised antibiotics and medicines to control and limit gum disease
• Offer a bespoke gum treatment by recording pocket depth and measuring the gaps between your teeth

We look forward to welcoming you for your hygienist appointment by one of our friendly team.

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