Preventive care at North Star Dentistry goes well beyond a standard scale and polish. Our hygiene appointments include a full periodontal assessment, personalised oral hygiene instruction, dietary risk analysis, and early-stage oral cancer screening — giving you a complete picture of your oral health at every visit. Patients who maintain regular six-monthly hygiene appointments with us show measurably lower rates of gum disease progression and restorative intervention over time. Prevention is always less costly — financially and clinically — than treatment.
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For most adults with healthy gums, a six-monthly hygiene visit is clinically appropriate. However, patients with a history of gum disease, diabetes, or who smoke are typically placed on a three- to four-monthly recall schedule, as these groups show significantly faster plaque and calculus re-accumulation.
Bleeding gums are one of the earliest signs of gingivitis, an inflammatory response to bacterial plaque at the gum line. The good news is that gingivitis is fully reversible with a professional clean and improved home care — most patients see bleeding resolve within two to three weeks of a hygiene appointment and consistent twice-daily brushing.
An oral cancer screening at North Star Dentistry is a painless, two-to-three-minute visual and tactile examination of the lips, tongue, cheeks, floor of the mouth, and throat. We check for unusual patches, lumps, or lesions that may warrant further investigation — it is included as standard at every hygiene visit at no additional charge.