Scaling is good for your teeth, so insist on having an annual cleaning. The biggest benefit of scaling is that it thoroughly removes the tartar and plaque attached in the gum sulcus. This is because it is likely that patients will not be able to brush off this soft tartar during daily brushing, and the soft tartar will mineralize over time and turn into hard tartar, which is also no longer possible to be brushed off, and it will then require scaling to clean it off. If the tartar is not cleaned, the tartar will continue to build up causing resorption of the alveolar bone and turning into chronic periodontitis. Therefore, the real point of scaling is to prevent the occurrence of periodontitis, which is usually painless. The reason why many people experience discomfort after scaling is often because the tartar builds up excessively when the scaling is late, and after removing this tartar the patient feels that there are gaps in the teeth or that the teeth are loose, which is actually brought about by the tartar itself.