Routine Dental Cleanings
Preventive care is the hallmark of modern dental thinking. If you can prevent or delay the start of dental disease the chances of keeping your teeth a life-time increases dramatically. Dental cleanings or prophylaxis can reduce the accumulation of plaque and calculus which contributes to both dental cavities (decay) and gum disease (periodontal disease). Highlands Ranch dentists Dr. James DeLapp and Dr. H. Candace DeLapp provide preventive dental services to their patients in the Denver, Lone Tree, Parker, Castle Pines, Castle Rock, and Highlands Ranch areas of Colorado.
Time and life fly's by
A patient of our Highlands Ranch dentist came in over a year late for his preventive dental appointment i.e. to get his teeth cleaned. He had not realized that it had been so long. So many things had come up in his life that seeing the dentist was always something he would get arranged next month. Well as can happen a month later turned into "months" later which turned into a year+ later.
Dental Plaque Turns to Calculus
In time dental plaque is bathed in saliva which is rich in calcium. The plaque becomes mineralized and forms tartar or calculus. The calculus is very adherent to the tooth and in most cases can only be removed by a hygienist or dentist. The plaque and calculus have abundant bacteria in their matrix and it is this bacteria that causes dental disease including cavities and gum disease. Removing it becomes a priority!
This is a "before" an after photograph of our Highlands Ranch dental patients calculus
This image show the calculus on the cheek side of the tooth. The parotid gland located on the cheek side of the tooth flows calcium rich saliva which will mineralized the dental plaque. This was removed by our Highlands Ranch hygienist with a dental cavitron (an ultrasonic dental scaler). This was followed by by dental scalers to remove and smooth the tooth. The entire mouth was treated with fluoride varnish to "reduce" the risk of cavities developing.The "after" photograph of removal of dental calculus or tartar
This is a same day photograph of tartar or calculus removal. The tartar was the "yellowish" deposit on the above photographCall our Dentists in Highlands Ranch today
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