Ultrasonic dental cleaning
Ultrasonic dental cleaning is a process of removing all the plaque from the teeth using a dental instrument that has high-frequency vibrations activated at its tip. These vibrations generate ultrasonic waves that create bubbles on the surface of the teeth for removing the deposits. Then, a continuous stream of water is used for cleaning and cooling process. This will flush away all the derbies, and bad taste formed during the process. It has the ability to clean even the most inaccessible areas.
Benefits of ultrasonic dental cleaning
It offers various benefits both for the patients and the dentists; and some of them are listed below:
Effective and efficient cleaning
This is a very effective procedure which helps in limiting formation of plaque in your mouth and also the progression of the early stages of gum diseases. It is a safer and quicker procedure, as it easily removes the deposits in your mouth which are hard-to-reach with manual cleaning.
Less chances of pain
In manual scraping or dental cleaning, there is a chance that the sensitive teeth get hurt, or else, there is a chance that dentist may slip his/her hands making injury or pain to the patient. But, in case of ultrasonic dental cleaning, the bubbles that are produced through the cleaning instrument doesn’t cause any sort of pain, even for the sensitive teeth. But, some people can experience sensitivity. In such cases, the dentist will make you comfortable with some options.
Less stress both for dentist and patient
As the procedure is done with machine, there is no stress on the dentist on holding his hand steady, during the entire procedure. Also, the patient need not maintain steady pose for much time. So, it is entirely a strain-less procedure for the patient as well as the dentist.
Less time
One of the great benefits of this ultrasonic dental cleaning is, it is done in few minutes i.e., nearly ten minutes or even less, which is shorter than the alternative procedures. This type of cleaning produces high-standard results and this is an ideal treatment, especially for the stain removal in teeth.
Thus, if you want to remove the plaque or stains from your teeth, this can be the ideal and flexible procedure or method of cleaning than the manual scrapping, as you can get high level of comfort in the entire procedure.