If you’re like many of our patients, you have been experiencing dental checkups for most of your life. However, just because this is a consistent part of your life does not mean you’re filled in on the details. Do you ever wonder if you really know what’s going on during your preventive care visits? To find out if you’re extremely informed or missing a few key pieces of information, enjoy a quick quiz. Of course, if you find that you end up with more questions than you had to begin with, please remember to bring them up during your next checkup.
Dental Checkup Quiz: True or False?
- True or False: If you’re suffering from anything beyond a cavity or inflamed gums, you will have to schedule a special appointment separate from your dental checkup.
- True or False: By incorporating an oral cancer screening into your dental checkups, we can easily identify the problem early in its development.
- True or False: We primarily rely on our eyes to tell us if something is going wrong in your oral cavity. However, we may turn to dental technology only in serious situations.
Answer Key
- False. We certainly look for problems like tooth decay and gingivitis during your dental checkups. However, we also take a comprehensive look at everything else, including potential issues like TMJ disorder, bruxism, sleep apnea, and oral cancer.
- True. You may think that if you don’t see or feel a change in your mouth, everything is just fine. Unfortunately, oral cancer does not always present symptoms as it begins. The good news is that we may detect it with advanced technology before it has a chance to progress very far.
- False. We do examine your smile with our own eyes as a preliminary method. However, we also utilize technology like intraoral cameras, so we can show you what we see on a close-up scale. We may also capture images with digital X-rays for a behind the scenes look at your oral cavity.
