PREVENTATIVE CARE

Our hygienists put a strong emphasis on dental preventative education to reduce the likelihood of more extensive dental treatments in future years. At your dental hygiene visit our hygienists will discuss:

• Dental cleaning aids such as interproximal brushes, electric tooth brushes, soft bristled brushes, water flossers, and mouth washes.
• Dental cleaning techniques.
• Dietary advice.
• Tooth strengthening products if you are at risk of decay, erosion and wear.

MAINTAINING HEALTHY GUMS

Our hygienists will also treat any active gum disease and provide regular maintenance services to keep your gums healthy. Common procedures performed by our hygienists:

• Full mouth charting of the degree of gum disease to enable monitoring of your condition after treatment
• Treatment of gum inflammation and periodontal disease
• Teeth scaling and polishing
• Removal of surface staining

TEETH WHITENING

Our experienced hygienists are trained in teeth whitening, please ask them about our whitening promotional deal to incentivise regular hygiene maintenance visits.

NZ DENTAL COUNCIL

Tooth Fairy Dental adheres to the NZ Dental Council’s Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 which requires a dentist to assess a patient’s medical history and diagnose any dental problems before referral to a hygienist. Hygienists are trained in a specific scope of diagnosing and treating gum disease and are unable to diagnose or treat any dental problems outside of their scope. Therefore we require that all new and existing patients have seen a dentist for an examination and bite-wing xrays within the preceding 24 month period before they can be treated by one of our hygienists.

If you would like to arrange your initial consultation with one of our hygienists please contact us at our Mount Maunganui, Bethlehem, Papamoa or Te Puke practices.