At Rugby Dental Arts, we emphasize maintaining your regularly scheduled professional cleanings and dental exams to help keep your teeth healthy and looking great! Maintaining proper oral hygiene is an essential component of good oral health, and our skilled provider in Charlottesville, VA helps patients of all ages adopt healthy habits for a lifetime of smiles.
Dr. Cox and his team at Rugby Dental Arts are committed to ensuring patients understand the benefits of proactive dental care. Regular visits for cleanings and evaluations can ensure the teeth and gums are healthy and help avoid the development of conditions like tooth decay and periodontal disease. Our top preventive dental services include:
Preventive Exams
At Rugby Dental Arts, we believe patients should see their dentist every six months for a cleaning and evaluation, a critical component of monitoring your oral health and wellness. By seeing a patient regularly, Dr. Cox can spot potential oral health concerns early enough to provide a successful intervention. With regular preventive dental exams, cavities and gum disease can be caught in the first few stages and treated more quickly and affordably than if they are found much later.
Dental Cleanings
At Rugby Dental Arts, board-certified hygienists perform professional cleanings with a specific set of instruments to remove the biofilm or microbiome from between teeth and at the gumline. Our team will then clean and floss the teeth, using a special toothpaste for a beautiful, fresh finish. Once the mouth is free of any remaining debris, your dentist will come in to do a thorough examination to look for cavities or any other potential problems in the mouth. If cavities are detected, we may schedule a follow-up appointment to treat them and prevent further decay.
Our Preventive Approach
At Rugby Dental Arts, we use many advanced diagnostics and adjunct technologies to provide our patients with a comfortable and pleasant experience. For example, our dental lasers present a non-invasive method of accurately detecting early-stage or hidden decay between the teeth and gums.
Should we need to resolve existing dental or periodontal conditions, Dr. Cox may recommend non-surgical scaling and root planing. Think of this as a “deep clean” alternative to “standard” six-month cleanings. Scaling removes the biofilm and breaks up the microbiome underneath the gum line, whereas planing smooths out rough root surfaces where bacteria accumulate.
Schedule Your Next Preventive Care Visit
Are you due for your next preventive dental exam or cleaning in Charlottesville? Contact us today to schedule your visit with Dr. Cox and take the first step toward your healthiest smile!
