What is a Deep Cleaning and why do I need it?
A Deep Cleaning is properly termed “Periodontal Scaling and Root Planing”. It is a cleaning which, instead of cleaning from the gumline up onto the tooth, is a cleaning done under anesthesia, starting at the gumline and extending beneath the gum onto the surface of the root. It is a procedure which is recommended when the calcified deposits present in the mouth are heavy supra and subgingivally; the gums appear irritated and bleeding in response to the presence of these accretions; is radiographically evident; and is more than a routine cleaning can accomplish. Typically there is also “pocketing” the extent of which is measured using a “Periodontal Probe.
A Deep Cleaning is properly termed “Periodontal Scaling and Root Planing”. It is a cleaning which, instead of cleaning from the gumline up onto the tooth, is a cleaning done under anesthesia, starting at the gumline and extending beneath the gum onto the surface of the root. It is a procedure which is recommended when the calcified deposits present in the mouth are heavy supra and subgingivally; the gums appear irritated and bleeding in response to the presence of these accretions; is radiographically evident; and is more than a routine cleaning can accomplish.
