Scaling includes supragingival cleaning and subgingival scraping, which refers to the use of cleaning instruments to remove tartar, plaque and stains attached to the surface of the teeth, and polish the surface of the teeth to delay plaque and tartar redeposition. The long-term existence of tartar, plaque will cause stimulation of adjacent gums and periodontal tissues, the formation of chronic inflammation, the gradual aggravation of long-term inflammation that will appear swollen and painful gums, loose teeth, biting weakness, once there is excessive loosening of the teeth, the process of its pathology is very difficult to reverse, so for periodontal disease must be early detection, early treatment in order to get effective control. And removing the disease-causing factor, plaque tartar, by means of scaling is one of the most basic treatments. When these conditions occur, teeth cleaning is a must. If you find yourself often bleeding when brushing your teeth, or feel swollen and uncomfortable when you are fatigued, sick and other autoimmune deficiency, it means you already have symptoms of gingivitis. If you already have loose teeth, swollen gums overflowing with pus, it may be a manifestation of the more serious periodontitis, which are the indications for scaling. Will the soreness of scaling go away? Today’s scaling mostly uses ultrasonic instruments, which vibrate with ultrasonic waves to dislodge tartar from the surface of the teeth, and then scrape the deeper tartar with a spatula if necessary, without causing damage to the teeth themselves. The mechanical contact of the instrument on the tooth surface and the temperature of the surface of the instrument will cause some stimulation to the sensitive teeth, resulting in a slight soreness, but this soreness is temporary and will disappear with the elimination of the stimulation. Why is there soreness after scaling? Some patients after scaling for a period of time on the hot and cold sweet and sour sensitive phenomenon, this is because the teeth before scaling has been the existence of tartar attached to the neck of the teeth and gums at the junction of the hot and cold sweet and sour play a blocking and moderating effect, when the tartar removed clean, the neck of the teeth is exposed, the teeth encountered stimulation after the sensitivity of the symptoms. Therefore, not long after scaling, you should pay attention to avoid eating too cold, too acidic and other stimulating food. Why do I feel that the gap between my teeth will become bigger after scaling? Some people feel that the gap between teeth after scaling is bigger than before, this is because they themselves have more tartar, and they can’t feel that there is a gap before the treatment, because the swollen gums and tartar fill up the gap between the teeth, and after removing the tartar, the swelling of the gums subsides, and the gap that existed in the teeth is exposed, and it is never due to the scaling that the gap between the teeth becomes bigger. Why do I feel my teeth loosening more after scaling? By the same token, some people feel that the looseness of the teeth after scaling is aggravated than before, in fact, due to periodontitis, they maintain the teeth strong alveolar bone has been resorbed before treatment, but more tartar attached to the tooth surface and between the bone surface, play a weaker role in fixing the removal of these tartar, the looseness of the degree of looseness than the original is slightly larger, however, these tartar, will only further aggravate the resorption of the bone, resulting in the aggravation of the lesion. However, the presence of these tartar will only further aggravate bone resorption, causing lesions to worsen, so their removal will definitely do more good than harm. Why do teeth bleed during scaling? As for bleeding, it is due to the chronic stimulation of tartar, the gum tissue is in a state of congestion and swelling for a long time, even the touch of brushing will bleed, and it is inevitable to bleed when touching the gums during scaling, but this is a transient phenomenon, as long as there is no systematic blood disease, the bleeding will stop soon after scaling. If the local area after scaling for some time still bleeds continuously, then we should ask the dentist to check whether there is still residual periodontal calculus in the deep part of the periodontium. Can scaling whiten my teeth? Some people go to the hospital and ask for scaling in order to whiten their teeth. It is true that the dark brown pigmentation and spots on the surface of the teeth can be removed by sandblasting, but just like taking a bath can’t whiten the skin, the overall yellowing of the surface of the teeth can’t be whitened by scaling. Is scaling a permanent solution? Scaling is not once and for all, after the removal of calculus will still be gradually deposited, so to prevent disease, maintain the effectiveness of the treatment, we must adhere to the establishment of good oral hygiene maintenance habits after scaling, mastering the correct method of brushing, flossing to remove plaque in the interstices of the toothbrush brush can not be brushed, every six months to a year to review the scaling (serious periodontal disease patients need to increase the frequency of), in order to effectively maintain the teeth! Healthy teeth can only be effectively maintained.