Dental screening is also a common practice to detect any oral health issues. It can be treated early on.

Treatment Overview

During the screening, your dentist will use a small mouth mirror and flashlight to examine your mouth and look for any signs of dental diseases, such as dark spots and holes in teeth, swollen gums, abscesses, and other signs of decay.

What is screening?

It is a routine process to detect early signs of oral health issues. It involves your dentist reviewing your oral health history, conducting a physical mouth examination, and making necessary referrals for preventative dental care.

Why do I need screening?

As with preventative dentistry, regular screening helps you maintain a healthy mouth and avoid problems.

Aftercare Treatment

If your dentist detects any issues, they recommend the best treatment and advise maintaining a healthy mouth at home.

The purpose of screening is to identify both normal and abnormal oral conditions and to make referrals for dental care. If no problems are found, a verbal referral should be given for regular and preventive dental care. If abnormalities are noted, referrals should Screeningbe given for dental assessment and treatment. Comprehensive diagnosis and treatment are the responsibilities of dentists.

An oral health screening has three main parts:

• reviewing oral health history
• performing a physical examination of the mouth
• referring for preventive dental care or assessment and treatment

Spending adequate time performing all of the necessary screenings before picking up a scaler will help dentist to inspect all pieces of information necessary to evaluate risk and make a definitive diagnosis.