When the hygienist measures your gums, she will show you the areas of concern. If there are 5 mm pockets in your gums, we will recommend a deeper type of cleaning that involves getting your gums numb so we can clean all the length of those problematic pockets.

Fun fact: if you need a deep cleaning we will need to make sure that your gums are healthy by doing a regular maintenance every 3 months so we keep the gum disease in check.