Preventing, maintaining, improving or restoring oral health is the goal for which the hygienist tends daily. For school-age patients, a form of prevention of occlusal caries is the sealing of the first and second permanent molars.Another function of the hygienist is the treatment of the child or the orthodontic adult who is educated to the hygiene maneuvers more useful to the type of orthodontic device that he inserted and is monitored, quarterly or quarterly, in relation to the hygienic abilities he has acquired.
During the session the hygienist removes orthodontic wires, cleans and polishes teeth, strengthens motivation, if necessary, and topically applies fluoride.
In patients with fixed, removable or removable-removable prostheses, education in good daily home hygiene and periodic hygiene in the studio is equivalent to keeping the natural tooth support structures or the implants on which the prosthesis; also in this case the personalization of hygienic maneuvers, including those on removable prostheses, plays a fundamental role in achieving the goal.
Last but not least, the cosmetic treatment represented by teeth whitening, which can make the smile even more beautiful. Both home and studio techniques are valid and the choice is generally based on the needs of the patient himself. With the home technique the result is obtained after 15-20 days, with the one in the studio you get immediately.
