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What is tartar, how does it form and can I clean it off with toothbrush?

April 26, 2017clean form tartar toothbrush

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What is tartar, how does it form and can I clean it off with toothbrush?

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Tartar, also known as calculus, is a calcified layer of dental bacteria that is permanently attached to the surface of your tooth. Calculus attaches to you teeth similarly to how coral is attached to the surface of rocks in the ocean. Once calcification process began on dental plaque, it would be very difficult if not impossible to brush off with toothbrush – manual or electric. Dental instruments such as ultrasonic scalers and hand scalers are necessary to chip off such build up on your teeth.