Getting Out of the Scaling Myths Getting Out of the Scaling Myth #1: Brushing your teeth means you don’t have to clean them! Both brushing and cleaning should be done properly. Brushing is an important method of daily personal care of the oral cavity, but even if you brush your teeth carefully every day, it is not possible to cover all the bases without missing, especially people who do not have the habit of flossing, teeth “garbage” will be more; even if you use floss every day to brush your teeth will inevitably miss, over time, those attached to the surface of the teeth and tooth gap was Missing bacteria will form plaque and even dental calculus, then only through regular cleaning can be completely removed. Misconception 2: It’s okay to clean your teeth without polishing! It’s easier to get dirty without polishing. Is the scaling process over once the ultrasonic scaling is completed? In fact, this is not the case. Because the surface of the teeth washed tartar by ultrasonic shock off will become rough, if not polished, bacteria and pigments are easy to attach to the clean surface again, soon attached to a large number of bacteria calcification after the formation of new tartar. In addition, not polishing leads to poor taste, will feel the teeth surface rough. Getting out of the scaling myth 3: Scaling will definitely bleed! Many people bleed during a dental cleaning, which is caused by gingivitis. The plaque in the teeth calcified tartar attached to the gum margin and other parts, resulting in gingivitis; scaling to remove tartar, the inflammation part of the exposed bleeding. After scaling to remove tartar, the inflammation is exposed and bleeds. After scaling to remove tartar, a relatively mild case of gingivitis can be slowly healed. And dental hygiene do well, regular scaling, periodontal health people, scaling is not bleeding. Out of the scaling misunderstanding 4: scaling will cause teeth loose! If you don’t clean your teeth, long-term periodontal disease caused by calculus will lead to loose teeth, while scaling itself will not cause loose teeth. Due to the usual calculus around the fixed teeth, so temporarily feel the teeth loose, but just after cleaning the teeth will feel loose, which is false. If you don’t clean your teeth, over time, the calculus stimulates the gums to shrink and recede, the roots are exposed, and the teeth will loosen even more, and finally even the whole row of teeth fall off.