Dental Hygiene

A dental treatment plan begins with a thorough examination by one of our dentists. Your examination will include a detailed evaluation of your current oral health, including your teeth, gums, and the surrounding tissue. At Mirage Dental, we use digital x-rays, periodontal probing, and intra-oral photography to determine your current dental health and provide you with a comprehensive treatment plan that is prioritized to best treat any existing conditions based on our findings.

When you visit Mirage Dental, there is a lot to accomplish in a regular dental hygiene appointment. The major activity performed by the dental hygienist is to clean your teeth both above the gum line (known as scaling) and below the gum line (known as root planning). We use both traditional hand scalers as well as ultrasonic scaling tools (that use super-fast vibrations) to remove deposits depending on your scaling and root planning needs.

Our dental hygiene and preventative care program follows a strict standard of care to record, assess, and evaluate your oral health condition at every visit. Working with the Mirage Dental Team, your individual hygiene treatment plan is coordinated to best treat and monitor the health of your teeth and gums. We also reserve your dental hygiene visits in advance to best fit your schedule and encourage regular maintenance and preventative care.

If you have experienced sensitivity in your teeth from past hygiene appointments, taking ibuprofen in advance of your hygiene appointment can help alleviate this. If you are experiencing heightened sensitivity, dental freezing may also be an option that needs to be discussed in order to deal with your discomfort issues.