Hygiene

The health of your gums is just as important as the health of your teeth. Our hygienists can offer you treatment to help combat gum disease. This may be straightforward advice on techniques to effectively clean your gums and teeth, to deep cleaning under your gums whilst you are numb.

Treatment involves removing the plaque a which may have built up on the roots of teeth beneath the gums in conjunction with oral hygiene instruction to help you keep things clean afterwards. We will measure the gaps between your teeth and gums and only take necessary x-rays so that we can measure the success of your treatment, if necessary we will provide your treatment whilst you are numb to make the process as comfortable as possible and give you follow-up support to help you maintain the improvements you make.