Hygienist

HYGIENIST

We have a dedicated dental hygienist at our practice who will take care of all your oral hygiene needs. Our hygienist can carry out scale and polish treatment and deep cleaning with anaesthesia where a periodontal (gum) disease condition may be present.

Dental hygienist specialise in prevention of dental disease. This is vital to maintain your dental health and can also have effects on your general health too.

Dentists treat dental disease, for example placing a filling in a tooth which has decay. A hygienists aims to prevent this disease from occurring in the first instance.

A hygienist may use several techniques to prevent the progress of dental disease, these include:

  • Treatment of inflamed gums by scaling and polishing the teeth
  • Treatment of periodontal disease with deep cleaning techniques which may or may or involve the use of local anaesthetic
  • Oral hygiene instruction including interdental cleaning techniques tailored to your individual needs
  • Realistic diet advice to suit you personally and your lifestyle
  • Unslightly surface stain removal

Our hygienist Kieva will use all or some of the above techniques in a gentle manner to ensure your mouth is at optimum health.

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3 Seafield Park

Booterstown, Dublin, A94 W0C1