Monsell Mendez, CRDH
Dental Hygiene
Your gums matter just as much as your teeth. Monsell Mendez, CRDH, runs every hygiene visit at Crown Dentistry of the Palm Beaches.
Chapter 01
Gum disease is quiet in its early stages
Here is something a lot of people do not think about until there is a problem: your gums matter just as much as your teeth. In its early stages, gum disease often has no obvious symptoms. No pain, no visible swelling, just quiet damage building beneath the surface.
That is exactly why a regular hygiene visit matters more than it seems to. It catches what a person cannot feel yet, before it turns into something they can.
Treatment room at Crown Dentistry of the Palm Beaches set up for a hygiene visit
What a hygiene visit actually covers
A visit starts with an assessment, then moves into removing plaque and tartar above and below the gumline, the buildup a toothbrush cannot reach on its own. Teeth are then cleaned and polished, and the visit includes a screening for both decay and gum health.
Monsell also walks through a personalized at-home routine, since the six months between visits matter as much as the visit itself. On Google, one patient named her directly: “Monsell was very gentle, thorough, and made my cleaning such an easy and pleasant experience.”
Chapter 03
The six-month interval, and who needs shorter
Dental hygiene visits are recommended every six months for most patients. Anyone with periodontal needs is generally seen more often, since active gum disease responds better to closer monitoring.
An annual exam adds a gum measurement around each tooth, which is how Dr. Saitta tracks whether a patient's gums are stable or need attention. He is a leading practitioner in Conservative Periodontal Therapy, the early detection and non-surgical treatment of gum disease, so a concern found at a hygiene visit has a clear next step rather than a wait-and-see.
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