Examinations or oral health checks are a very important part of our preventive strategy. Your examination will include the following:
Initial Discussion
This is a chance for you to ask any questions and discuss any concerns you might have. Please always feel free to ask any questions during your examinations/check ups as all of our staff are happy to answer any questions that you might have.
Broken teeth
An initial scan to check for broken teeth and wear of existing fillings.
Decay
Then, we take a careful and detailed look at the teeth using compressed air to help highlight any areas of early decay. if we can find decay at this stage, then we are able to get these areas to reharden using high fluoride or high mineral pastes (much better than waiting for a cavity and filling it!)
Gum Disease
A gum check follows to identify any areas that may be at risk of gum or ‘periodontal’ disease.
Periodontal disease is a painless, often silent disease and so it is vitally important that this is constantly monitored. Like most diseases if it does develop then treatment is much more successful if the disease is picked up early.
Tooth Wear
An assessment of tooth wear. Here we try to identify Damage from tooth Grinding, acid erosion (from acid reflux or acid foods and drinks) and/or toothbrush abrasion( damage from poor toothbrushing technique)
Oral Cancer Check
We start with a check inside the mouth for any lumps, bumps or patches
The palate, cheek, lips and tongue will all be examined
We then do a check externally for any swollen lymph nodes and also for any salivary gland tumours.
