Hygiene

Help control gum disease and remove staining, plaque and tartar from your teeth with cosmetic hygiene appointments

Hygiene

Help prevent gum disease and remove stains with gentle spray cleaning (Aquacare).

Comfortable and quick for even brighter and cleaner teeth

The goal of a hygiene visit, in addition to removing any stubborn or hard to reach deposits, is to show you how best to clean all areas of your teeth and gums.

As with most areas of health, prevention is always better than cure. At Newquay Dental Centre, we hope to achieve this by educating and empowering you to maintain your own dental and oral health.

Our dental therapists are specially trained to give you the deepest clean possible. They can help you obtain healthy gums and clean teeth. They will also teach you how to optimise your own cleaning skills to use at home.

If you suffer from periodontal disease which causes bone destruction and loose teeth, regular gentle, but thorough cleaning by the dental therapist, can slow the process down so that you stand a much better chance of keeping your teeth for life.

Unique cleaning methods for you

Our dental hygiene therapists are specially trained to give you the deepest clean possible. They can help you obtain healthy gums and clean teeth. They will also teach you how to optimise your own cleaning skills to use at home.

If you suffer from periodontal disease which causes bone destruction and loose teeth, regular gentle, but thorough cleaning by the hygiene therapist, can slow the process down so that you stand a much better chance of keeping your teeth for life.

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Manual scalers are as effective as ultrasonic ones for clearing plaque and tartar from easy-to-reach areas of the teeth. In fact, the ease with which manuals scalers can be picked up and used as needed can make these tools better suited to removing minor accumulations of plaque.

This treatment uses ultrasonic vibrations and water to remove plaque and tartar from the teeth. However, where ultrasonic instruments really shine is in the clearing of deposits from deeper pockets. The tips of these tools are small, allowing them to easily reach areas where manual tools have more trouble. Furthermore, the coolant sprayed by ultrasonic scalers aids the dislodging of accumulated plaque and tartar. At the same time, ultrasonic scaling tools also introduce oxygen bubbles into these deeper pockets which disrupt the oxygen hating bacteria which thrive deep within.

AquaCare uses a mix of air, water, and powder to gently wash away staining and to brighten teeth. In cleaning mode, the AquaCare system is a valuable tool, delivering highly efficient stain removal and cleaning.

It is a non-invasive, painless cleaning system that removes food, coffee, tea, wine and tobacco stains for cleaner healthier teeth and a brighter smile and provides quick desensitisation upon application.

AquaCare suitability will need to be assessed by a clinician before the treatment commences. Other cleaning options will be discussed if it is not appropriate for you.

Regular visits could not only benefit your oral health but also your general well-being by:
Our hygiene therapists can help if:
Regular visits could not only benefit your oral health but also your general well-being by:
  • Increasing awareness and providing personal advice.
  • Helping to prevent disease and decay; regular visits allow for monitoring of the condition of the gums and the presence of plaque.
  • Removing bacterial plaque from the surfaces of all your teeth.
  • Reducing the risk of heart disease.
Our dental therapists can help if:
  • You have stained teeth
  • You have gum disease
  • You struggle to maintain good dental hygiene
  • You need advice on keeping your teeth and gums healthy

A hygiene appointment at the practice starts from £70.00

We offer a hygiene payment plan at the practice. For £27 per month, the plan includes 4 hygiene appointments a year and 10% off private treatments.

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If you are not currently a patient at Newquay Dental Centre but would like to benefit from our dental hygiene services, you can now book a direct access hygiene appointment.

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194 Henver Road, Newquay,
Cornwall TR7 3EH

Phone: 01637 879207
reception@newquaydc.co.uk

Company reg no 6484023

Our hours

By appointment only:
Monday: 9.00am – 5.00pm
Tuesday: 9.00am – 6.30pm
Wednesday: 8.00am – 5.00pm
Thursday: 8.00am – 5.00pm
Friday: 8.00am – 4.00pm

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Please read this letter carefully as it gives details of important changes regarding your future dental care.

For many years we have been fully committed to providing patients with the highest level of NHS patient care and it continues to be a pleasure to treat all of our patients.

Over the last few months, we have become increasingly busy, and it has become apparent that we now need to make some changes to the way we practise, given the demands on our time. Our main priority is to continuously strive to improve the dental care we can offer to our patients. We want to be able to spend more time with you and offer you a wider choice of treatments in a more relaxed environment, and also reduce the appointment waiting times.

We have seen major changes in dentistry and the wider world in recent years. Real terms funding cuts plus recruitment and retention challenges have put a strain on us providing routine NHS care for patients. All of this has led us to reflect on what we can offer as a dental practice and how we can make best use of the resources we have available.

For more information on NHS dentistry, including funding and charges please click here.

The quality of care we offer our patients is of utmost importance to us, so we have been working hard behind the scenes making important decisions and changes in the strive to improve.

What is changing?

Therefore, after much deliberation, as of 1st October 2023, we will only be seeing patients on an independent basis. In order to assist with this change, we would like to introduce our membership package for the practice.

As a parent/guardian registered on one of our dental membership plans, we will continue to see your children up to the age of 5 years old free of charge for their routine dental health examinations.

Our patient membership plan helps you keep your teeth and gums healthy by allowing you to budget monthly for your dental care so that you can attend on a basis that’s right for you. Through regular examinations and hygiene appointments we can spot issues early, potentially saving you from more invasive treatment in the future, and it is cheaper than paying as you go. Full details of our membership plans and your options are available here.

Pay-as-you-go.

For those of you who do not wish to join the plan, we will still be able to offer you a full range of treatments on a private pay-as-you go basis, however please note, you will not benefit from the discounts off treatments or other member benefits.

If you want to stay with us on this basis, please speak to a member of our team to reserve your place on our lists, and book or confirm your next appointment if you do not have one already.

What happens next?

If you have an NHS appointment booked with Newquay Dental Centre prior to 1st October 2023, please attend this as normal. We will be seeing you for this and any subsequent treatment you may require under the current NHS arrangements. At this appointment we will be able to discuss what we feel would be the best option for you to maintain your dental health, then you will need to decide if you want to continue with us as your dentist on an independent basis or should you wish to access another NHS dental practice, you can visit the NHS website https://www.nhs.uk to find a local dental practice that is currently accepting patients or telephone the NHS Waiting list on 0333 006 3300.

If you need help, please just ask! If you require any more information about becoming a member of our scheme, any of the changes outlined in this letter or would like to discuss the options available to you before your next appointment, our reception team will be more than happy to discuss this with you in person, or by phone on 01637 879207.

Finally, we would like to let all our patients know that we have thoroughly enjoyed looking after you and those of you that cannot remain with us, for whatever reason, will be sadly missed.

Kindest regards,

Stuart Williams & Maria Gonzalo

Coronavirus Information

Please do not attend for your appointment if you have Covid-19 or suspect you might. Call the practice at your earliest convenience and we will reschedule your appointment.