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Differences Between Plaque and Tartar

Modern Family Dental

You’ve often heard about plaque and tartar from your dentist and that it’s important to remove them in caring for your teeth and oral health. But I guess you’ve wondered, up until now, what plaque and tartar are and how they differ. You have your teeth cleaned as advised and that’s it. Let us help.

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The Truth about Tartar

Queen of Dental Hygiene

Tartar Buildup Behind the Front Teeth Why, Oh Why do some teeth (people, actually, but poetic license here) build up tartar and others never do? Plaque, as you may recall from previous blog posts, is the soft stuff that forms on teeth. Prehistoric man had plaque buildup too. Now I know it was rare.

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Journey to Become a “BioLogical” Healer

Queen of Dental Hygiene

Appointment times are far too short to scrape tartar, polish teeth, take x-rays or perio probe gums, and get the doctor to do an exam AND do patient education. How is biological dental healthcare different from traditional hygiene and why did I take this road in my career? Queen of Dental Hygiene was born. It truly was unconventional.

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What Happens if You Don’t Floss Your Teeth

Broomfield Dentists / MountainAire

Flossing reaches the recesses between your teeth and under the gumline, areas that are typically inaccessible to a toothbrush. Plaque Buildup and Tartar Formation When food particles and bacteria accumulate on teeth, they form a sticky substance known as plaque.

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Ten Top Toothbrushing Tips

Queen of Dental Hygiene

How can we brush more plaque off? Know it takes a lot longer to get all the plaque off than if you use an electric toothbrush. (I I had groups of nursing assistants use a disclosing solution and brush until all the pink plaque was gone. (I Because the tongue is numb, you cannot feel the fuzzy plaque still on your teeth.

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Children Get Gum Disease Too

Queen of Dental Hygiene

Too often, we dismiss a “little bleeding” or tartar buildup in children (never mind adults) as poor oral hygiene and admonish them to brush and floss. Yet, this build up of plaque and bleeding are actually signs of infection and inflammation which cannot resolve on its own with more brushing or different toothpaste.

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Everything You Need to Know About Root Planing and Scaling

Broomfield Dentists / MountainAire

Here we’ll cover everything you need to know about what to expect from scaling and root planing – from the signs that suggest it may be necessary, to the different types of procedures available, right up to aftercare advice. Stages of Gum Disease Gingivitis – mild gum inflammation that can be caused by plaque build-up.