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Dental clean up / polish

2017-06-04 12:13:10
I want to get my cleanup of teeth , but don't understand what polishing is and what is cleanup ? I also want to know more about cavity and filling
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Nice to answer your query, scaling and polishing are two different procedures , scaling is removal of calculus which has formed around tooth either it's gingival or sub gingival, polishing removed all micro tracks which will increase the chances of forming calculus,....

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