Everybody knows that in order to have a clean and healthy smile, you have to take care of it. After all, even the most beautiful of smiles can’t stay that way unless you regularly floss, and brush your teeth and attend regular dental examinations and teeth cleanings.
San Antonio TX dentist Dr. Edward Camacho of Cosmetic Dentistry of San Antonio can help you optimize your dental hygiene regimen and keep your pearly whites nice and clean—and most importantly—healthy. With over 30 years of hands-on experience with satisfied dental patients in San Antonio, Dr. Camacho knows what it takes to protect and enhance your smile.
Interested in our San Antonio Dental Hygiene services?
Schedule an appointment with Dr. Camacho online, or call us at: (210)493-9944. Our office is located at: 16535 Huebner Rd., Suite 102 San Antonio, TX 78248.
Why is protecting your Oral Health so important to a San Antonio Dentist?
Keeping your teeth and gums healthy is important to your long-term health. Failure to prevent dental maladies such as cavities, gum disease, and decay can affect much more than your dental health. In fact, your dental health has been linked to your overall health, as bacteria formed in your mouth may slip into your bloodstream and affect other aspects of your body.
By attending regular dental examinations and teeth cleanings at our San Antonio dental clinic, you help lessen the potential for health problems such as gum disease and protect the appearance of your smile.
What does your San Antonio Dentist do to protect your dental health?
When you arrive in our San Antonio dentist office for a dental examination and teeth cleaning, we examine the areas around your gums and teeth for calculus and tartar buildup. The process of removing any calculus or tartar buildup is called scaling. By scaling your teeth and gums, we eliminate the potential for the bacteria to cause damage.
After scaling, we smooth the surface of your smile tooth by tooth, so that future build up can’t be protected from brushing and flossing and causing cavities. Without smoothing the surface of your teeth, brushing may overlook the buildup of bacteria and end up becoming a more serious problem.
Following these two processes, our San Antonio dentist Dr. Camacho will polish and floss your teeth thoroughly. The cleaning will allow us to remove any debris left behind by the scaling and smoothing processes, while showing you how to properly care for your teeth.
What can my San Antonio dental team do for my gum health?
Protecting your gums can be just as important as defending your teeth when it comes to the buildup of bacteria, as your gums block harmful bacteria from eating away at your tooth root. When your gums become infected from a buildup of bacteria—called gingivitis—they become susceptible to shrinking and fading away, leaving your tooth roots exposed.
There are a variety of symptoms associated with gum disease, but the best way to avoid damage is to prevent gum disease from occurring. By appropriately flossing and brushing your teeth daily, and visiting your San Antonio dentist at Cosmetic Dentistry of San Antonio, the potential for the formation of this disease is significantly lessened.
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