{"id":1901,"date":"2020-07-15T09:04:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T08:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2025-02-12T09:57:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T09:57:49","slug":"taking-care-of-your-dental-hygiene-with-our-dentist-in-st-johns-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/taking-care-of-your-dental-hygiene-with-our-dentist-in-st-johns-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking care of your dental hygiene with our dentist in St. John\u2019s Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While we are sure you brush, floss and rinse\ndiligently at home, nothing beats a professional clean at your dentist in St. John\u2019s Wood<\/a>.\nLike taking your car for a\nvalet cleaning, someone else just does it better than you seem to manage on\nyour own at home. Likewise, coming into Aura\nDental<\/strong> to take advantage of our different dental hygiene options will give\nyou the clean and polish your mouth deserves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The dental hygienist\u2019s role<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A dental hygienist trains for two years to be\nable to fulfill their role and works closely with the dentist in St.\nJohn\u2019s Wood<\/strong> to bring you to optimum oral health. They provide\neducation to patients on how best to achieve oral health as well as school groups,\nresidential homes, and other venues where education on this matter is\nimportant. Smoking can cause a list of very serious problems and a dental\nhygienist will provide advice and support on ceasing smoking as well as other\ntobacco products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other than education, a dental hygienist\u2019s role\nis to perform a deep cleaning on your teeth and gums that you miss at home with\nyour regular brushing. They can help treat periodontal disease by providing\nscaling and polishing (cleaning) to remove tartar above and below the gums\nwhich has built up around your teeth. A hygienist can also polish any surface\nstains that you are struggling to get rid of on your own, they are qualified to\nprovide numbing injections before the procedure, so that your experience is pain-free\nshould your plaque problem turn out to be quite severe. To identify areas of\nplaque and tartar build-up the dental hygienist may place a temporary dye on\nyour teeth which adheres to the areas that need attention and provide you with\nadvice on your personal home cleaning regime, to show you spots you may be\nmissing before they professionally clean your teeth and gums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treatments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you are probably aware plaque is a sticky\nsubstance that builds on and between the teeth causing the bacteria (which loves\nsugar) that leads to gum disease. Plaque is removed by our dental hygienist to\nensure the longevity of your gums and it is the reason why sugar is linked to\ntooth decay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scaling is a procedure used by the dental\nhygienist at your dentist in St. John\u2019s Wood<\/strong>\nto remove plaque and even stains. With specialised equipment and ultrasonic\ndevices deposits on the teeth and beneath the gums can be cleaned away, even\nbad tissue can be treated with this procedure, as the scaling can plane both\nthe gums and the tooth\u2019s root providing a new clean surface free from bacteria\ndeposits, and necrotic tissue.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A dental hygienist can also address issues of bad\nbreath, caused by bacteria, smoking, alcohol, sugary foods, candida infections,\nmenstruation, and many other factors that don\u2019t necessarily involve having\nforgotten to brush in the morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cleaning and flossing your teeth will be the\nfinal role our hygienist plays at your appointment, leaving you with smooth and\nclean pearly whites free of stains and bits of food that may be stuck which\ncause a build-up of plaque. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While we are sure you brush, floss and rinse diligently at home, nothing beats a professional clean at your dentist in St. John\u2019s Wood. Like taking your car for a valet cleaning, someone else just does it better than you seem to manage on your own at home. Likewise, coming into Aura Dental to take … Continue reading Taking care of your dental hygiene with our dentist in St. John\u2019s Wood<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Taking care of your dental hygiene with our dentist in St. John\u2019s Wood | %%sitetitle%%","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dentists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}