Our dental hygienists are fully qualified and registered as practising dental hygienists. They specialise in preventative education and periodontal (gum) treatment and maintenance.
If you have unhealthy gums you may notice one or more of the following:
Our hygienists put a strong emphasis on dental preventative education to reduce the likelihood of more extensive dental treatments in future years. At your dental hygiene visit our hygienists will discuss:
Our hygienists will also treat any active gum disease and provide regular maintenance services to keep your gums healthy. Common procedures performed by our hygienists:
Our experienced hygienists are trained in teeth whitening, please ask them about our whitening promotional deal to incentivise regular hygiene maintenance visits.
Tooth Fairy Dental adheres to the NZ Dental Council’s Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 which requires a dentist to assess a patient’s medical history and diagnose any dental problems before referral to a hygienist. Hygienists are trained in a specific scope of diagnosing and treating gum disease and are unable to diagnose or treat any dental problems outside of their scope. Therefore we require that all new and existing patients have seen a dentist for an examination and bitewing Xrays within the preceding 24 month period before they can be treated by one of our hygienists.
If you would like to arrange your initial consultation with one of our hygienists please contact us at our Mount Maunganui or Te Puke practice.