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Root Planing & Curettage

Gums can become diseased so that they look red and puffy. They will probably bleed when you brush. Painless gum 'pockets' start to form around the teeth and bone supporting the teeth is slowly lost.

Root Planning & Curettage is used to treat gum problems. 

Root planing is 'deep' scaling to clean parts of the teeth behind the gum line, which cannot be reached with a toothbrush, cleaning out gum pockets and removing plaque and hard tartar from the tooth roots. It takes longer than a scale and polish and is often done under local anaesthetic. Your mouth might be treated in sections, at more than one visit.

What does the dentist or the dental hygienist do?

Dentists and hygienists use two types of tools for root planing.

  • To reach different parts of the teeth there are hard scalers come in different sizes and shapes. This is why you see them changing them quite often.
  • Electric scalers vibrate very fast with water. The water is removed from your mouth using suction. A hand scaler is used to check whether the roots are completely clean.

After a tooth has been root planed, the pocket should shrink, making the gum slit closer to the tooth. You then need to be especially careful about cleaning the teeth above the gum line. Root planning will probably need to be repeated regularly.

What are the benefits?

  • Gum disease will get worse and because it's painless, it can become very bad without you noticing. When there is not enough supporting bone left, teeth become loose and eventually have to be taken out. Root planing can prevent gum disease from becoming worse and therefore avoid tooth loss.
  • Like scaling and polishing, root planing helps you to keep your teeth and gums clean at home. Dentists and dental hygienists cannot keep your mouth healthy by themselves. Your own cleaning is just as important.

Patient Reviews

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The biggest complement we receive is when our patients refer their friends and family to Cedar Dental Care. In fact, we have built much of our practice on these valued, trusted recommendations over the years. Read our reviews to hear why our patients are recommending us…

Patient reviews

1752 Reviews

5.0

9th August 2025

Friendly and professional staff, especially the dentist, who is very knowledgeable and helpful. Lots of tips for keeping teeth, gums and mouth in good health. Very thorough checkup.

8th August 2025

Really friendly staff, on time and courteous. They explained everything to me and made me feel at ease. They did an excellent job.

8th August 2025

everthing happened just as it I expected it to, Thank you

7th August 2025

Everything and everyone are so professional, excellent facilities and surroundings. Very comfortable.

7th August 2025

A skilled and informative dental surgeon with a friendly manner. Always a pleasure to deal with Mrs Dundas.

7th August 2025

Roy has always made me feel comfortable, is always professional, and i am 100% confident that the service i get is appropriate and the most cost effective.

7th August 2025

An excellent Dental Practice and staff. Worth travelling a long way for the first class treatment.

7th August 2025

Cedar Dental Care always has a calm and relaxing ambiance, the reception team were friendly as was my dentist and the nurse.

6th August 2025

We have been clients at Mr Patels for over 45 years the quality of service has always been exceptional.

6th August 2025

Seen within about 6 minutes of my appointment time. Dentist was very friendly and professional. The dental practice was very clean. On walking in to the practice the receptionist recognised me and said morning Mr ...... please take a seat. A little thing but a nice friendly touch.

6th August 2025

Clinician was fabulousKind caring gentle and considerate

5th August 2025

All staff members were pleasant and helpful

5th August 2025

We always have good treatment

5th August 2025

The receptionists are fantastic and Abby and her team are brilliant.

5th August 2025

Got my daughter in for an appointment very quickly after she fell and damaged her teeth and they extracted them. The dentist was very friendly and made me and my daughter very comfortable. Amazing service.

5th August 2025

Abigail was amazing as always and lovely to see Katie. We never worry about going to the dentist as we see a great team

4th August 2025

I always find them friendly, professional and efficient.

4th August 2025

Rav listens well and is always interested to hear if there’s any dental related updates in my stroke recovery. He’s thorough with his check ups.

3rd August 2025

Great service, great dentist, honest evaluation.

3rd August 2025

All the staff from start to finish are lovely

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