First of all, you may have questions, why do you need to clean your teeth! I brush my teeth every day, so why do I need to clean them? Let’s say, like you usually do housework, wipe the table are wipe the surface of the table, New Year’s Eve, under the table, nooks and crannies are cleaned, feel so dirty ah, almost the same reason. So scaling is to give your teeth; a big cleaning! What is a dental cleaning! What does a dental cleaning do? Now we will explain to you in detail: In fact, the professional term for scaling is called “scaling”. It is a professional treatment in which the doctor uses special medical instruments to remove plaque, calculus and pigment from the surface of the teeth. Depending on the instrument used, there are two clinical categories: manual scaling and ultrasonic scaling. Manual scaling is the use of professional hand instruments like “small hooks” to “pry” the calculus off the surface of the teeth. It is mainly used in the following cases: to clean calculus under the gums (the technical term is “subgingival scraping”); for special patients, such as those with pacemakers that do not have shielding, and for patients with special infectious diseases. Ultrasonic scaling uses a high-frequency vibrating working head to remove calculus, which is more efficient and is now widely used in clinical practice. Why scaling! Scaling is an important tool for the prevention and treatment of periodontal disease, as plaque and calculus on the tooth surface are the main culprits of periodontal disease. If you don’t get your teeth cleaned regularly, the more calculus accumulates, the more serious the periodontal disease will become, and slowly the gums will become swollen and painful, the teeth will loosen and shift, and even the teeth will fall out. What we usually call “old tooth loss” is actually the result of periodontal disease in its advanced stage.