Routine dental check ups are necessary to avoid any serious damage to your teeth, and keep your gums healthy, thus maintaining good overall health and well being.
Home-care measures to clean the teeth are very important, but unfortunately they don’t clean all parts of the tooth. Hence the teeth are subject to decay no matter how meticulously we clean our teeth. The plaque build up causes tooth decay and gum problems, so we need routine check ups to manage problems as they arise, before being symptomatic.
X-rays are advisable with routine check ups, because they provide an in depth view of teeth and show the inner tissues that cannot be seen by the naked eye.