Professional Dental Hygiene (60 min)

A full 60-minute professional dental hygiene session at The Clinic Praha's dedicated dental hygiene centre in Prague 1. The appointment includes assessment of gum health, removal of supragingival tartar and plaque with ultrasonic scaling, stain removal by airflow polishing, and personalised home-care instruction covering brushing technique and interdental cleaning. Regular professional hygiene is the foundation of decay and periodontitis prevention and is mandatory every 3–6 months for the clinic's orthodontic and implant patients to keep treatment results healthy and stable.

Professional dental hygiene removes what home brushing cannot: mineralised tartar (calculus) above and just below the gumline and the bacterial biofilm that drives both caries and gum disease. **What happens in the 60-minute appointment:** - Examination of the gums, recording bleeding points and pocket depths where indicated - Ultrasonic scaling to remove hard tartar deposits - Airflow/polishing to clear pigment staining from coffee, tea, wine and smoking - Polishing of tooth surfaces so plaque re-adheres more slowly - Individual instruction — brush selection, technique, interdental brushes or floss sizing **Why it matters during aligner and implant treatment:** Invisalign trays cover the teeth for 22 hours a day, so any plaque left on the enamel is held against the tooth; the clinic requires professional hygiene every 3–6 months throughout orthodontic treatment. For implant patients, peri-implant hygiene is the single most important factor protecting the implant long-term. **Initial vs recall visits:** the first (initial) appointment is 1,950 Kč; subsequent recall appointments are 2,250 Kč. Children under 10 are seen for 1,950 Kč with age-appropriate instruction. The hygiene centre operates at the same Na Florenci address as the main dental centre, with evening appointments until 20:00 Monday–Thursday.