You expected a routine polish and left with a recommendation for something else. That can feel like a surprise. Here’s how a regular visit can turn up the need for deep cleaning.
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You blocked off time for a regular cleaning, and somewhere along the way the conversation changed. Now there’s a new treatment name and perhaps a new estimate. It’s reasonable to feel puzzled, or to wonder why the visit you planned on wasn’t enough.
A routine cleaning and scaling and root planing do different jobs, and findings during an exam can show which one a given area calls for. For patients from Burrows Central, our McPhillips Street clinic in Winnipeg can go through what prompted the recommendation and what the treatment would involve.
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It’s fair to ask what was seen or measured that changed the recommendation.
Deep cleaning targets areas diagnosed with periodontitis, and has a separate purpose from prevention.
You can hear how the appointments, freezing and aftercare differ from what you’re used to.
A regular cleaning is about prevention, above and around the gumline. It suits a generally healthy mouth or mild inflammation. Once findings suggest periodontitis, the concern has moved further down.
No single symptom tends to make the decision. A combination of findings is what points in this direction.
Where a regular appointment focuses on what’s reachable, this one extends into the pocket itself, along the affected root surfaces.
Your recommendation should make sense to you. If it doesn’t, ask for your findings to be explained, and remember that suitability is decided by assessment with the dentist.
The appointment you’ll have is not simply a longer version of the old one. Here’s the usual progression once deep cleaning has been recommended.
Request your visitWe’ll go over what the exam showed, area by area, and take note of your medications and health history.
Treatment may fit in one visit or need several, depending on how many areas are involved and their depth.
After local anaesthetic is typically given, specialized instruments clean the planned surfaces below your gums.
You’ll get home-care suggestions matched to your treated areas, sensitivity and the cleaning aids you find practical.
You didn’t do anything wrong by showing up for a cleaning. Take a moment to note what you were told, along with whatever you’d like cleared up, and bring that with you.
This treatment is priced and scheduled differently from a routine cleaning, so ask about both. Any insurance or CDCP contribution will depend on your plan’s terms.
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Your usual cleaning may never have involved a needle, so the idea can come as a jolt. We’d like to hear that from you, along with any questions about how this visit will feel by comparison.
Ask how this appointment will differ from the cleanings you’ve had in the past.
Your plan, preferences and health history influence how it’s used, so raise any concerns.
Point out spots that were uncomfortable at your last cleaning so they’re on our radar.
Not like after a polish
A routine visit rarely leaves much behind. Deep cleaning can, in the form of tenderness, temperature sensitivity or slight bleeding. Those effects depend on how much was treated, and should generally subside during healing.
Softer choices can help while chewing is sore, along with steering clear of anything that irritates the spot.
Unlike a recall cleaning, this appointment exists to measure how tissue has responded against your starting numbers.
Periodontal maintenance usually replaces the routine you had, on an interval that’s personalized to you.
Call the clinic if bleeding hasn’t let up, swelling is getting worse, pain becomes severe, or your healing departs from the directions you were given.
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Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Deep-cleaning appointments are held at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, in Winnipeg. The directions link in this section can help you find us.
The form on this page starts the process, and you can call (204) 338-3003 as well. Your time is set once the clinic has confirmed it. Sudden or severe trouble warrants a call.
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Talk with our team before your visit or learn about CDCP.
Helpful details about scaling & root planning in Burrows Central.
Ask our teamFindings can change the recommendation. If measurements, bleeding, deposits or images suggest periodontitis, a routine cleaning wouldn’t address the affected root surfaces inside the pockets.
Not necessarily. A routine cleaning has a preventive purpose and doesn’t extend to treating periodontal pockets. Your history and current findings are what we can speak to, so ask about those.
It’s a fair question to raise. The answer depends on your findings and on what a routine cleaning could accomplish for you at this stage, so go through it with the dentist.
No, they’re separate treatments, so an estimate would be different. Request one when your plan is known. What your insurance or CDCP pays depends on the plan and the services provided.
Most patients treated for periodontitis move to periodontal maintenance. Timing gets set after your reassessment, based on how the tissues responded.
Certainly. Call (204) 338-3003 or send the form and mention you’ve been told you need deep cleaning. Appointments are at our McPhillips Street clinic, and we’ll confirm with you.
These pages describe regular cleanings and other gum treatments, if you’d like to read about them side by side. Your exam findings decide which apply.
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