If you can see white flecks on your tooth surface, or any white
deposits just above the gingival line you may be suffering from periodontitis
and need a dental treatment. The problem is not as less serious as it appears
to be.
Periodontitis commonly known as pyorrhea, constitutes the
inflammation of gums and the bone surrounding the teeth ie the alveolar bone.
Scaling is the advised treatment for periodontitis, it is a
prophylactic treatment.
It is a wrong perception that scaling makes your teeth weak or it
removes a layer of your teeth. Scaling does not remove the tooth layer, but
just the plaque and calculus from your tooth.
During scaling, there may be mild bleeding. This bleeding is not
the result of any harm to your oral health but due to the infection in your
gums and bones.
You may have slight sensitivity after the scaling procedure, it is
because earlier you were carrying chunks of calculus over your teeth and after
it is removed your teeth is exposed to the oral fluids again. Like you feel sensitive
to the area when a bandage has been removed after a long period.
If you had grade 3 periodontitis, after scaling you may feel
slight mobility in your tooth. It is because, earlier the calculus was eating
your bone and replacing the eaten bone, calculus (dirt) was actually holding
your tooth. Now once that calculus is removed, you may feel mobility of tooth,
but the bone and the gingiva would heal now after the scaling procedure. If you
do not remove that calculus, it may eat the complete layer of bone holding the
tooth and the tooth will shed off automatically. Apart from that, calculus will
also spread to the other teeth.
When you have caries, it may affect a single or multiple tooth,
but if you have periodontitis your complete oral cavity is effected and at
risk. You should definitely go for the treatment.
All these symptoms will gradually go off within 7-15 days of the
treatment. You do not need to worry. If you are still concerned about the
treatment, you can discuss with your doctor. He will explain the issues to you.
Be patient and relaxed if you are in the hands of a doctor. But
you actually need to worry in case you are treated by a quack…
