Check-ups and preventive care

During a check-up appointment, your dentist will carry out the following:

• Screening of all teeth, fillings and existing crowns or dentures
• Screening of the gums and possibly other oral pathology
• X-rays to assess possible tooth decay, fillings and your jawbone
• Any monitoring and adjusting of oral hygiene practices as needed
• Cleaning of dental tartar and polishing if limited

Are you suffering from an acute dental issue such as a chipped tooth, toothache, abscess, or similar? If so, we would advise you to mention this when booking your appointment. This will allow your dentist to amend the necessary treatment time to ensure that they can address any other issues during the same appointment. If you continue to have your annual check-up at MOND, we are committed as a practice to providing you with a solution within 48 hours if you experience an acute dental problem.

If your teeth require very extensive cleaning – irrespective of whether you need additional anaesthesia – the dentist will probably need to book an additional appointment for this. This is simply so that we always have enough time to ensure we can fully and properly complete our work. It is also how we work together to ensure we operate in a stress-free practice full of satisfied patients and relaxed dentists.