North Haledon dental exams
Dentist in North Haledon
Between your efforts in your daily life and our dental exams twice per year, you can feel confident that you're doing everything possible to keep your teeth and gums strong and healthy. Your oral hygiene habits, such as brushing after meals and flossing at least once per day, are integral to preventing tooth decay and gum disease. You should also adhere to a nutritious diet and keep a close eye on your sugar intake. But even if you do everything right on your own, plaque can manage to hide between teeth and in gum pockets. If it stays too long, it may harden into tartar, which can only be removed professionally. Plaque and tartar erode your tooth enamel, forming cavities. And they can cause gum irritation, inflammation, and infection over time. How do you combat those possibilities? By seeing our
dentist in North Haledon, Dr. Anna Huh, every six months for a checkup, x-rays, and teeth cleaning.
A visual and physical inspection of your teeth will reveal if you have any loose fillings, crowns, or teeth. Also, if there are any signs of gingivitis (the early stage of gum disease), Dr. Huh will be able to detect it. For things that are not visible to the naked eye, x-rays come in very handy. Even small cavities can be noticed this way. And filling them now means that they won't get the chance to grow larger, making you more prone to infections in the pulp of your tooth. Large cavities increase your risk of needing root canal therapy or having a tooth extracted. Our
dentist in North Haledon wants to help you avoid any unnecessary procedures or loss of teeth.
Mending the problems caused by plaque and tartar is very important, but it's equally vital to rid your mouth of plaque and tartar entirely, so that you get a fresh start on your oral hygiene. This is the benefit of teeth cleaning, which reaches where your brush and floss cannot. Our
dentist in North Haledon, Dr. Huh, will use special hand tools to scrape tartar from the surface of and between your teeth. 15
475 High Mountain Road
North Haledon, NJ 07508
(973) 607-2270
