What dental hygiene delivers
Whoever goes for dental hygiene once or twice a year significantly reduces the risk of caries, periodontitis and consequently of implants, root canal treatments and tooth loss. The Swiss Dental Society recommends annual check-ups with dental hygiene as standard. For implant patients or with active periodontitis we recommend shorter intervals.
A full description of procedure and equipment is on our service overview for dental hygiene. This page describes the specific procedure in Bellevue.
60-minute sequence
Findings. Plaque and bleeding indices, probing of gum pockets with calibrated probes, digital documentation. With recurring patients comparison to the previous session.
Cleaning. Ultrasound for hard tartar, hand and powder-jet instruments (Air-Flow) for deposits in interdental spaces, on tooth necks and in pockets.
Polishing. Tooth surfaces are smoothed with polishing paste. Smooth surfaces are less prone to plaque.
Fluoridation. Conclusion with fluoride gel or varnish to stabilize tooth enamel.
Training. Individual brushing technique demonstration and recommendations for interdental care.
Multilingual treatment
The Bellevue practice serves an international patient base from the city center and surrounding municipalities. Our team speaks seven languages. If your first language is not German, state that when booking.
If you have an implant
Implants need more care than natural teeth. We recommend two sessions per year. The implant shoulder is cleaned with powder-jet and fine plastic curettes, never with metal instruments. If your implant was placed with us, you find all information on our implant page Zurich Bellevue. More on preventing peri-implantitis in the corresponding article.
Insurance
Swiss basic insurance does not cover dental hygiene. Supplementary insurance with dental care module (Helsana, SWICA, Visana, Sanitas and others) reimburses between a few hundred and several thousand francs per year depending on tariff. EMR-recognized for direct billing. More on the Swiss insurance system in the article on health insurance at the dentist.
When a session makes sense
If your last dental hygiene was more than a year ago. If your gums bleed when brushing. If deposits no longer brush off. If you have implants or a periodontitis history. If you have completed an Invisalign treatment and want to have the retainer checked.
Getting to the Zurich Bellevue practice
Resident Zurich Bellevue, Stadelhoferstrasse 42, 8001 Zurich. Three minutes’ walk from Stadelhofen station, two from Bellevueplatz. Tram 2, 4, 11, 15 stop Stadelhofen or Bellevue. By car via Parkhaus Opéra, five minutes’ walk to the practice.
More on insurance and EMR
Reimbursability of dental hygiene through Swiss supplementary insurance depends on the tariff and on EMR recognition of the executing hygienist. At Resident all dental hygienists are EMR-registered. More on reimbursement logic in the article EMR and ASCA compared and on tariff selection in the article Which supplementary dental insurance is worthwhile.