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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

1608 Reviews

5.0

13th May 2025

Cedar Dental Care is very professional while at the same time being welcoming and friendly.Abigail Dundas is the best dentist I’ve had in 74 years and as always she checked on my health, then proceeded with my check-up.

13th May 2025

The clinician was knowledgeable, patient, and receptive

11th May 2025

Abbie and her nurses are always friendly and helpful and listen to the needs of the patients.Abbie is a pleasure to visit

11th May 2025

Friendly efficient professional happy

10th May 2025

As always great service from Rav!

10th May 2025

Quality of dentistry and being treated with respect and compassion

9th May 2025

Reception are very helpful and competent. Abbie the dentist it fabulous.

8th May 2025

Emergency appointment after chipping tooth made next day. My dentist Abby explained the procedure and it was very quick.

8th May 2025

Lovely and friendly staff, not long waiting time to be seen and overall very happy experience.

8th May 2025

Abbey is the best dentist I have ever met. You need to keep her and give her a bonus.

8th May 2025

Being known and acknowledged by the receptionist is always lovely as is knowing the dentist and feeling safe in his hands for over 40 years!

7th May 2025

Starting with excellent service from the reception team, through to first class service from Dr Dundas and her team.

7th May 2025

Everyone is friendly and very professional

7th May 2025

It is a very pleasant environment, the practice is efficiently run and I have trust in the competence of my dentist.

7th May 2025

Anish is so likeable..he puts you at ease and explains everything. He is very thorough. I was going to leave cedar as my previous dentist there was awful but thankfully she left and I was allocated to Anish. He's the best dentist I've been to and I would highly recommend him.

6th May 2025

The greeting from the reception staff is always warm and welcoming, despite the non stop phone ringing and general busyness of the reception. The hygienist is extremely thorough in both her task of sorting out my teeth, but also offering ongoing advice and suggested products to help me better look after my teeth. Mr Patel is always superb, my children also attend Cedar Dental and the way in which he engages with them and reassures them (2 out of 3 have had to have braces/teeth out) shows real compassion and empathy. Love his banter too.

4th May 2025

The whole team at cedar dental care great and help with all my special needs, I can’t thank them enough.

2nd May 2025

Welcoming of the reception team , The clinician always welcoming very professional , explaining treatment and considerate and caring and excellent treatment

30th April 2025

Have always been pleased with how l have been treated.

29th April 2025

I’m treated as a friend from the moment I walk in; I’m greeted warmly by name. To date, I have seen three other practitioners apart my nominated dentist and my treatments with all are always of a very high standard. Thank you!

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