First time getting the Ultrasonic Scaler

Can anyone recall their first time having their teeth cleaned with the ultrasonic scaler? I remember having this for the first time as a child and the tinges of pain as the sharp point chipped away at calculus between my lower incisors. I was at the hygienist recently and I heard the patient before me have the machine turned up all the way. I was worried she would leave it on the same setting for me 😬...

I first had it at 15 and I found it ok just a little sensitive on a couple of teeth. Today I enjoy having it done just a shame I'm always told that there is hardly anything to be cleaned off.

I first had it at 15 and I found it ok just a little sensitive on a couple of teeth. Today I enjoy having it done just a shame I'm always told that there is hardly anything to be cleaned off.

Sounds like you have great dental hygiene; you must have lovely pearly whites! How often are you visiting the dentist/hygienist? Have you ever had any work done? What is oral healthcare routine?

Have it basically never, first time was post covid becuase I hadn't been able to go for a while due to lockdown, it's a little uncomfortable but not actually bad.

Have it basically never, first time was post covid becuase I hadn't been able to go for a while due to lockdown, it's a little uncomfortable but not actually bad.

Great to hear you're taking good care of your teeth! Do you have any fillings? What's your home routine?

I think I was in my early 20s. I had skipped out on going to the dentist for about four years (because I really disliked me pediatric dentist and once I could drive I was like not going back there). So then in early 20s went to a new dentist and her office used it. I had a lot of build up after those years (and a handful of cavities as well) so it was an intense cleaning. After being with her a few years I moved and got lax about finding a new dentist for a couple years and when I went back needed a deep cleaning which the hygienist used the scaler for. It has been pretty consistently used since my twenties . . . one hygienist at an office I went to for a bit preferred hand tools but would still get it out but used it sparingly.

Have it basically never

Same. I switched to a different office a few years ago for insurance reasons and the hygienist who usually does my teeth doesn't use the cavitron at all, she does the scaling part by hand. I did not specifically ask for this but I do kind of like it. I end up spending a few extra minutes in the chair for a more gentle experience. And my teeth honestly feel just as clean afterwards. she is VERY thorough with everything.

First time I ever had the cavitron? A few months after I got metal braces to clean in between the brackets. Around 12/13 years old

My first time was rather recently. The anticipation of it hitting a sensitive spot kept me tense for the whole duration

My first time was rather recently. The anticipation of it hitting a sensitive spot kept me tense for the whole duration

Awesome! Did your teeth feel nice and clean afterwards?

My first time was quite recently too. Around mid 2023. Not the worst thing but it was quite uncomfortable for bits of it. Some teeth were very sensitive.

My first time was quite recently too. Around mid 2023. Not the worst thing but it was quite uncomfortable for bits of it. Some teeth were very sensitive.

Yeah for me its tough when they clean my back molars with it. When the noise and vibration gets to be a bit much I instinctively start to close my mouth.

Yeah for me its tough when they clean my back molars with it. When the noise and vibration gets to be a bit much I instinctively start to close my mouth.

Yes I also end up doing that and closing after a while. My jaw just begins to ache.

LOL the ultrasonic scaler. I get a laugh out of it . Every dam time I warn the hygienist, it becomes entangled in my teeth or roots, and I point out the spot. Every time the idiot manages to tangle it up, and has to pry it out while looking stupid.

Interesting, did some of you, particularly women, have memories of the ultrasonic used on you when you were still young?

I didn't see a hygienist - it wasnt even suggested - until I was 25.