Adult dental cleaning
( Prophylaxis )

A prophy or “regular cleaning” appointment is generally recommended every 6 months for patients with healthy gums and bones. This patient displays good homecare, has healthy gum tissue, does not bleed upon light probing and has no pockets over 4mm. During this appointment, we remove the stain, soft plaque deposits and hard tarter mainly above the gum tissue on the crown of the tooth. Pocket depth measurements are generally recorded once per year. This procedure is prophylactic and superficial in nature.