{"id":290,"date":"2020-05-04T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wimbledondentalcare.co.uk\/blog\/?p=290"},"modified":"2020-05-19T14:18:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:18:22","slug":"keeping-on-top-of-your-dental-hygiene-in-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wimbledondentalcare.co.uk\/blog\/keeping-on-top-of-your-dental-hygiene-in-wimbledon\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping on top of your dental hygiene in Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At our dental clinic in Wimbledon we offer our patients a\nbespoke dental service within a modern, clean, and welcoming dental\nenvironment. Our clinic never compromises, this is why our team embraces both\nquality and quantity of dental treatments, and we are proud to offer general\nroutine dentistry, preventive dentistry, and facial aesthetics, in addition to\ncosmetic dental care. One key dental treatment on offer at our clinic is dental\nhygiene in Wimbledon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why is dental hygiene in Wimbledon so important?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many patients may overlook their oral health, and therefore may\nrefrain from visiting their local clinic for their biannual check up (suggested\nby dental healthcare professionals to be every six months) however in Wimbledon\nwe strive to promote a healthy smile through the means of preventive dentistry.\nDental hygiene focuses\nprimarily on the prevention of oral diseases and infections such as gum\ndisease, which are caused by oral bacteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many patients may not be aware that the health of their mouth\ncorrelates directly with the general well-being of their body. Many studies\nshow a clear correlation between oral diseases and infections (such as gum\ndisease) and more serious health concerns (such as heart disease), which is why\nit is so important to stay on top of your oral hygiene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can we help?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our dental team suggests you visit our clinic for a clean every\nsix months, however many of our patients may require more frequent\nappointments, this depends greatly on your unique dental case. Our role is to\neducate our patients, whatever their age, on how to look after their teeth\ncorrectly at home, therefore minimising the accumulation of plaque on the\nsurface of the teeth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preventing the decay of your teeth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tooth decay is extremely common to see in dental practices,\nhowever it is easy to prevent! Tooth decay can be caused by the build-up of\noral bacteria on the surface of the teeth (when food and drink is left\nuncleaned from any areas of the teeth), however our team have several\ntreatments to help reduce the build-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is gingivitis?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gingivitis is caused by the accumulation of plaque on the\nsurface of the teeth, which unfortunately leads to inflammation of the gums. If\ngingivitis is left untreated it can worsen further into periodontal disease\nwhich affects the tissue within the mouth. At its most severe periodontal\ndisease can start to affect the bone of the tooth, eventually leading to tooth\nloss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping your smile healthy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With these dental concerns in mind, our experienced team of\ndental healthcare professionals promote general educational dental advice, in\naddition to a thorough cleaning of the surface of the teeth (commonly referred\nto as a \u2018scale and polish\u2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a scale and polish?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A scale and polish is a rigorous cleaning treatment that is\nextremely common within the field of dental hygiene. The sticky plaque and hard\ncalculus is removed from the surface of the teeth using a dental buffer, the\ngum line is then also cleaned before finishing off with a polish of the teeth\nto provide an enhanced healthy smile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At our dental clinic in Wimbledon we offer our patients a bespoke dental service within a modern, clean, and welcoming dental environment. Our clinic never compromises, this is why our team embraces both quality and quantity of dental treatments, and we are proud to offer general routine dentistry, preventive dentistry, and facial aesthetics, in addition […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dental-hygiene"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wimbledondentalcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wimbledondentalcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wimbledondentalcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wimbledondentalcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wimbledondentalcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wimbledondentalcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292,"href":"https:\/\/www.wimbledondentalcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wimbledondentalcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wimbledondentalcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wimbledondentalcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}