While restorative dentistry and cosmetic treatments certainly make enhancing your smile’s function and appearance much easier, the most important factor in your grin’s health is ultimately how on top of your preventive routine you are. Indeed, dental care is much more involved than simply brushing at home, and it takes a conscious effort on you and your family’s part to maintain. In today’s blog, your Northwest IN dentist will discuss the importance of your routine appointment and how often you should attend one.

Prioritizing Preventive Care

Contrary to what you might have been told, brushing your teeth is not the only factor leading to a lifelong grin. In fact, the standard dental care regimen involves a healthy balance of brushing and flossing at home, paying mind to the negative effects certain foods and beverages have on your teeth, and attending a routinely-scheduled dental checkup. Without paying close attention to each of these three factors, achieving that vibrant grin is increasingly difficult. But just how important is a dental examination and cleaning anyways? Surprisingly, a lot!

Ensuring Healthy Development

When your family comes in for your routine exam, bear in mind that it serves many more purposes than a cavity hunt. In fact, we not only check for cavities, but we examine your mouth in its entirety – from your teeth to your gums, tongue, cheeks, throat, and lips. We perform a thorough examination of all of these areas in order to check for abnormalities such as rough patches, red or white patches, inflammation, sensitivity, trauma, damage, and more. Indeed, the examination portion allows our team to assess each of your loved ones’ grins to be able to properly provide specialized treatment. After all, your smile is your greatest asset, and we want to ensure you and your family are protected.

In addition to the checkup, we can provide family dental services to address concerns from all ages. This includes fluoride or dental sealant treatments for the kids as well as 6-month check-ups for all. For more information, contact our team today.

Steps You Can Take

While your checkup plays a major role in your preventive care routine, bear in mind that proper brushing and flossing at home as well as dietary maintenance are vital as well. Our team can provide information on best practices as well as recommendations, but it will ultimately fall to you to ensure they are upheld. Remember, it is better to act sooner rather than later regarding your health (specifically, every six months to properly monitor and prevent minor concerns from turning major) and we are here to help!

Schedule Your Next Visit

For more information about the importance of your dental visit, or to schedule your appointment with our team today, contact Healthy Smiles in Northwest, IN at 219-938-2637.