02/08/2022
With regular checkups, your dental health is monitored, and problems can be diagnosed earlier and dealt with more simply.
Firstly, dental visits can be expensive if you do not go for regular dental checkups and screening.
Many patients will ignore a simple ni**le in the mouth and wait for it to get worse. Very often, the longer you wait, the more complex the treatment is, and this can result in your dental bill being much higher.
So, to avoid this, it’s much better to be regular with checkups so your dental health is monitored, and problems can be diagnosed earlier and dealt with more simply. Should you feel something is not right in the mouth, book in earlier rather than waiting for it to get worse.
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Secondly, in some cases your dentist will advise you to see a specialist, and this can have an impact on the price of treatment.
In dentistry, there are many areas of specialities, such as Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (specialist that deal with surgery in the head and neck area), periodontists (specialists who focus on the gums around teeth in the mouth) and many more. If you are advised to see a specialist by your dentist, it is so that you are given specialised care for a problem to allow for optimal results and satisfaction in the outcome for you and the dentist.
Last but not least, increased costs are involved in aesthetic and cosmetic cases.
This is where people’s smiles are redesigned. Especially with the current trend of video calls, many people have become aware of their teeth - the colour, position and shape, and would like to have this improved.
