Dental hygienist

Agrippina

15

What happens when you go to one, say, to remove calculus? Is it painful? :afraid:

Reply 1

Helenia

20

I think my mum's been to one for that sort of thing. It's supposedly not painful as such, but not the most comfortable thing in the world either.

Reply 2

blissy

15

What's calculus exactly?

My dentist sends me to one to clean up my teeth every now and then and she also does seals and polishing and tells me off for not flossing twenty times a day. She also tells me where to pay more attention when brushing and how to do stuff.
If it's the thing where they scrape stuff off your teeth it's a bit owey. I looked at the cloth she was cleaning the tool on and it was all bloody and my gums hurt, but my teeth were all shiny and nice afterwards.
edit: the noise of the scraping and the pressure is probably worse than anything - it's not actually PAINFUL, just uncomfortable and a really odd feeling.

Reply 3

Agrippina

OP

15

blissy

What's calculus exactly?

My dentist sends me to one to clean up my teeth every now and then and she also does seals and polishing and tells me off for not flossing twenty times a day. She also tells me where to pay more attention when brushing and how to do stuff.
If it's the thing where they scrape stuff off your teeth it's a bit owey. I looked at the cloth she was cleaning the tool on and it was all bloody and my gums hurt, but my teeth were all shiny and nice afterwards.
edit: the noise of the scraping and the pressure is probably worse than anything - it's not actually PAINFUL, just uncomfortable and a really odd feeling.

Calculus is the hard stuff they scrape off your teeth :frown:

Reply 4

snuggerough

In response to the question, snuggerough would answer in the affirmative based on empirical experience. T

hings could be worse tho as long as the dentist is nothing like the one off that WKD tv advert.

Reply 5

blissy

15

Eeyore

Calculus is the hard stuff they scrape off your teeth :frown:

Then no, it's not painful

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