TOP 10 REASONS TO VISIT A DENTIST TODAY

DR. MAHAM SIDDIQUI
4 min readFeb 25, 2021

Oral hygiene is one of the most important and fundamental element in human’s life and plays a vital role in the health of any individual. Non adherence to oral hygiene can happen for a no. of reasons, some of them may include less awareness among people about this, bad dietary habits, lack of school based preventive programs, fewer dental visits and many more.

Most of the people like to avoid dental visit because of many reasons include, they don’t feel the need, bad reputation of dentist, financial issues, they might not like the environment of dental clinic or to avoid any pointy object in their mouth etc.

But the dental visit also has the same significance as the dental health has. Visit to a dentist after every 6 months to 1 year can prevent the major issues and point out the minor issues on time. In this article, we include the significance of oral hygiene and the top 10 reasons why a visit to dentist is important for our oral health.

OVERALL HEALTH

Oral hygiene has a significant impact on our overall health as the condition of our mouth and gums do matter and have impact on our rest of the body system such as circulatory system, reproductive system, respiratory system, digestive system etc.

If we have a healthy oral routine, we can prevent many other ailments and can improve the health of our other organs as well

HALITOSIS (BAD BREATH)

At one side where bad breath can spoil anyone’s personality, right there on the other hands it is also the symptom of many other diseases that anyone may have. Among such diseases stomach issues are the major one. To prevent or improve this, floss or brush your teeth regularly and visit your dentist when you are suppose to.

Halitosis or bad breath can cause because of many other reasons like diabetes, sinusitis, kidney or liver problems, and chronic bronchitis etc, so keep on proper and regular check to catch any problem on correct time.

PROFESSIONAL CLEANING

Plague deposition and tarter is one of the most common problem that anyone must face once in their life span. Even the most detailed flossers and brushers need to have professional cleaning by a dentist once or twice in a year, because for the removal of plague and tarter you need some special tools. These practices proves to be beneficial to prevent tooth decay and more serious issues like oral cancers, gum diseases, gingivitis etc.

Professional cleaning can also be beneficial to boost up your moral and self-confidence as it upgrades your personality as well.

CATCH PERIODONTAL DISEASES EARLY

Periodontal diseases are most common among other ailments. Teeth falling or need of extraction could be because of any periodontal disease. If you have a proper and on time screening of your oral cavity, you can detect any minor or major issue on time that could be beneficial in the treatment of such ailments.

BRIGHTEN YOUR SMILE

To manage your personality and boost yourself confidence, your healthy bright smile is one of the most important elements. And a bright smile comes, when you have super clean and white teeth. Many people take many dental treatments to whiten their teeth as many of them don’t have teeth perfectly white. There can be many reasons that stain your teeth even darker than normal such as food, drink, personal habits, improper cleaning etc.

Proper oral check-up with regular cleaning helps to improve your oral health and brighten your mile as well.

TO PREVENT CARDIOVASCULAR PROBLEMS AND OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS

By the clinical studies over the last few decades, it was evaluated that there is a link between your oral health and other health conditions. People that have compromised oral hygiene are 2 to 3 times more prone to cardiovascular problems than people that do not have.

The other health conditions that can be compromised by bad oral health include rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, stomach problems including ulcers, lupus, abdominal infections etc.

CHECK ON ORAL CANCERS

Oral cancers are curable if they detect on time. Now days when you visit any dentist for regular checkup, there is a mandatory assessment for oral cancers as this can be more severe and untreatable if do not screen on time. Late interventions can cause more severe damage including cutting of infected area, major surgery and possibility of even radiation therapy as well.

To prevent oral cancers, keep regular check on them at proper time as well.

FOR YOUR CHILDREN GOOD ORAL HYGIENE PRACTICES

Our children have an in-built ability to follow and pick up the act that we do. They mimic our habits both good and bad as well. To set a good example you for children about oral hygiene and to realize them about the importance of oral health, you need to do this by yourself before. Visit your dentist regularly along with your children and letting them know that there is no fear and uneasiness in dental check up.

UPGRADE YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DENTAL HEALTH

Being aware about anything always proves beneficial for anyone. With a good dentist and in comfortable clinical environment you can communicate your problems in a better way and can increase your knowledge about your teeth, oral cavity and oral hygiene etc.

If you have complete awareness about oral hygiene and other issues related to that, you can inform your loved ones as well.

TO PREVENT LONG TERM EXPENSE ON YOUR ORAL HYGIENE

As we all know that dental treatments are bit more expensive than the other ones so if you address potential problem before they become more serious, you can prevent any long term treatment or any invasive therapy too which may be the reason of higher or long term expense. Your oral hygiene maintenance is same as of your car maintenance that needs more money to change a failed engine then to change the oil regularly.

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