Your dentist can detect and treat many oral health conditions before they impact your overall health or become a painful dental emergency.
Even with excellent hygiene habits, it's easy to miss small areas of your teeth. Over time, the missed plaque will harden into tartar, which can only be removed with a dental hygienist's tools. When tartar accumulates beneath the gum line, the result is red, puffy, inflamed gums – the beginnings of periodontal disease.