Tartar creates a place where bacteria can easily take root and subsequently trigger the body’s defensive response – gingivitis. Chronic/prolonged gingivitis leads to periodontitis/paradontitis. Periodontitis is a dangerous, slow building disease of the tissues around the teeth. As a result of periodontitis, tissues slowly deteriorate. As a result, the teeth in the mouth start to move, creating bigger gaps until eventually the teeth have nothing to hold them in place, and they begin to wobble and fall out. The worst thing about this disease is that it doesn’t hurt, so you don’t even know you have it until you lose your teeth. Parodontitis can sometimes hurt, but that is the final stage, which we can’t do anything about and you will surely lose your teeth.

Tartar is hard thus it mechanically irritates the gums and the alveolar bone, which holds the teeth. By this mechanical pressure, the bone responds with receding and deterioration, which leads to periodontitis. Therefore, it is very important to regularly remove the tartar from the tooth surface via professional dental hygiene.