Hygienist

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Hygienist

Our Hygienist provides a fantastic service to professionally clean your teeth and gums in a gentle manner using state of the art equipment (including the ever popular Jet Spray Polish).

Starting at:

£ 55 per visit

What is a dental hygienist?

Dental hygienists are specially trained in preventive dental health and treating gum disease – showing you correct home care and helping to keep your teeth and gums healthy. This includes professionally cleaning your teeth by removing plaque and tartar.

However, perhaps their most important role is showing you the best way to keep your teeth free of plaque. Plaque is a sticky coating that forms constantly on your teeth. Hygienists also give advice about diet and about preventing tooth decay. The hygienist will work with your dental team to give you care that is tailored to your needs.

Why doesn’t the dentist do this work?

Some dentists will do this type of work themselves. However, many now realise that the hygienist has been specially trained to carry out scaling and polishing and can spend longer with you. They are also expert at teaching you how to look after your teeth and gums. Often the hygienist will spend a number of appointments getting the gums healthy ready for the dentist to restore the teeth with crowns and fillings.

Can a hygienist help prevent dental disease?

This is what the training of the hygienist is all about. They will carefully remove the hard deposits of tartar (or ‘calculus’) that build up on the teeth and teach you how to prevent them coming back. This will do a lot to slow the progress of gum disease.

Will the treatment hurt?

Scaling and polishing is usually pain free. However, if you do have any discomfort the hygienist can use anaesthetic creams, or give you some local anaesthetic. It is important that you let the hygienist know at the time so they can help with your pain.