They're totally different.

Scaling is a usual teeth cleaning using a device or instrument called scaler, it can be a manual hand scaler using hand or a ultrasonic scaler that emits vibration.
Why do you do scaling, as we eat, plaque gets formed on our teeth surfaces, like after you eat, you scrape your tooth using fingernails, you get like whitish slimy stuff on your fingernail, thats plaque.
Therefore we brush our teeth to remove the plaque, but most time, we dont brush our teeth with the correct method and dont floss, so these plaque stays on our tooth surface especially near gum line
in 72hours, these plaque will harden to form calculus or tartar, and these tartar cant be brushed off no matter how hard you brush.

so you need to go to a dental clinic to perform scaling which is to remove the tartar.

What happens if you do not remove tartar? they'll harbour bacteria can cause damage to your supporting structure of the tooth eg bone, gums. and eventually cause bone loss and tooth become sensitive and loose. This will not happen in 1 or 2 years, but on a long term basis.

Coming to Whitening.

Basically as the name is. Whitens your teeth.
How its done, a scaling and polishing is needed prior to whitening. Because a chemical will be applied on your tooth to whiten it. So your teeth needs to be absolutely clean before doing it.


Charges varies with clinics,
Scaling can be 80-300
Whitening usually 1k+ due to high demand.

My advise is look for a newly opened clinic, they usually have promotions and offer lower prices as they're just starting. If you feel comfortable with the dentists and the place, eg they're providing you information and being transparent, you've got yourself a great dentist

Source: Ayam Dentist

Scaling to remove plaque is it, Whitening made tooth brighter

This is a Government Dental Specialist Clinic. They have root canal treatment, crown, tooth implants etc. FYI, crown is RM200 +, tooth implant if not mistaken RM3k - 4k. If require specialist treatment, get a referral letter from your local government dental clinic.

Nice

This is the image of my X-ray. I am looking to extract both my wisdom teeth at my lower jaw. Typically is this complicated or is it commonly seen?

I have this problem too, my is exactly like the right wisdom tooth (in ur x-ray pic).

I have another friend of mine experiencing this situation but she gotten hers removed via surgery, hers cost RM1k (as this condition will includes anesthetic, opening the gum and stitching it back).

This post has been edited by Confusedgirl99: Feb 16 2019, 10:46 PM

Hi there,

What crown called in BM? I would like to do crowning as private clinic quoted >rm2k each, i have 2 crowning to do.. That was about 2 years ago, expensive for me.

Tq in advance

This post has been edited by Chisinlouz: Feb 17 2019, 01:31 AM

Tell them you want to do crown for your teeth. Don't worry the doctors understand English. You might need a referral letter to go for the specialist. Total cost for the crown is about RM180 + RM40 + misc follow-up = RM300 +/-

Give Clinic Pergigian Tanglin a call if you are allow to walk-in without a referral letter from your local Gov clinic.
03-26040028

For your reference
http://www.moh.gov.my/index.php/pages/view/1752

This post has been edited by ldragon: Feb 17 2019, 02:26 AM

Extract it ASAP !!!

Appreciate your informations. Tq sir

In case everyone wondered whatever happened to my tooth, I went to see my childhood dentist back in Seremban. He had let me know that there’s decay only on my molar. So he asked whsts the need to extract both good (wisdom tooth) and bad (2nd molar). So instead of a minor oral surgery, all he did was a simple extraction on my 2nd molar and I feel perfectly fine now. Costed me rm40 instead of thousands

This post has been edited by Harry_Bobinski: Feb 17 2019, 12:44 PM

I'm cheap. Had a decayed molar, need a root canal treatment. I go to UMMC and got a doctor do a pulpectomy and the rest by undergrads; full checkup, and months of treatment. Yes, the waiting period is long; like half a year or so but they're really good and FREE.

But if you're staying nearby and can take some time out, its worth it. But if you're working and have inflexible time, go private.

Is there such thing as a upper wisdom erupted normally is too hard to do filling because of its position being the last?

Hi,
Yes unfortunately there is such a thing. It highly depends on the position and condition of the said teeth. If its unfavourable and filling is still done it's not going to stay there for very long and will come off.

Hi Guys, i got issue with my teeth. Seems like my teeth is so fracture. Last time i ate kambing bakar at seoul garden. Then accidently fracture my front tooth. Went to dentist, got it repaired. But she did warn me to not eat any keras food. My question is do my teeth got Calcium issue ? Right now im taking Caltrate (a calcium supplement) on daily basis.

Hi,

Can't really say if it has any issues with calcium, how old are you? And are you taking calcium supplements for sole purpose of strengthening your teeth?

Having wisdom tooth impacted/stuck is actually very common nowdays. The procedure itself is not complicated, its called a minor oral surgery where dentist will have to open the gums and expose the tooth by removing some bone that's covering the tooth and taking it out by pieces as according to the plan.

What makes it complicated is when a tooth is near the nerve (the 2 white line running below the tooth), when the tooth is near the nerve, it might risk getting injured during the surgery when dentist try to move the tooth out, this usually cause temporary numbness on the associated side of the face and recovers most of the time. This nerve only supplies the sensation meaning you'll still be able to move your mouth, lips, smile etc.

with that, you'll be having an empty space on that 2 molar position, and the wisdom tooth will not move to fill up that position. It would be better if you can replace that missing space with a prosthesis to recover the function, when there is a spacing, teeth can eventually drift due to improper bite and imbalance. the opposite upper tooth may erupt further because there isnt a pair for it to function.

Calcium is not the issue for your teeth. Probably something happened during the tooth formation stages that cause weakening of the teeth, improper mineralization etc. If all your teeth are having such problem, you should get it checked out. If its a case of tooth hypomineralization (you can google it), you have various treatment options to prevent further fractures, starting simplest but using a night guard.

If maxillary wisdoms are extracted, will it correct an overjet problem without orthodontics? will all the maxillary teeth slowly drift backwards to fill the space where the wisdoms were?