AIRFLOW dental cleaning technology

Professional Dental Hygiene with Air-Flow

Contents

• How Air-Flow works.
• Important: professional cleaning is not tooth whitening.
• Is professional hygiene treatment harmful?
• Aftercare advice following professional hygiene.

Professional dental hygiene using the Air-Flow system is a method of mechanical tooth cleaning that employs a finely dispersed mixture of air, water, and powder, delivered to the teeth under controlled pressure.

Air-Flow treatment forms one stage of a full professional hygiene appointment and is not used as a standalone procedure. Where calculus is present, it is first removed using ultrasonic scaling, followed by Air-Flow polishing. The teeth are then finished with rotating brushes and prophylaxis pastes, and a remineralising gel is applied.

Clinical indications for Air-Flow

• Heavy pigmented deposits and staining (for example, tobacco stain, tea staining, or discolouration associated with iron supplementation).
• Cases where ultrasonic scalers and brushes are unable to adequately remove soft deposits — such as in crowded dentitions, around overhanging restoration margins, or within deep occlusal fissures.
• Patients undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment (braces).
• Other clinical indications as appropriate.

How Air-Flow works

Through a fine, precisely directed nozzle, the clinician delivers a pressurised stream of micronised powder, air, and water onto the tooth surfaces. The jet impacts the area being treated, removing deposits effectively and painlessly. At the same time, the mixture — along with the dislodged plaque and debris — is continuously aspirated via the saliva ejector and high-volume suction, eliminating any need for the patient to rinse and spit or swallow the solution.

Important: professional cleaning is not tooth whitening.

Tooth whitening involves altering the intrinsic colour of the tooth using chemical agents that penetrate the dental tissues. No such agents are used during professional cleaning. The procedure is confined to the mechanical removal of plaque and calculus from tooth surfaces, without affecting enamel structure. The final polish with prophylaxis pastes leaves the surfaces perfectly smooth, which significantly reduces the subsequent accumulation of plaque and calculus.

Is professional hygiene treatment harmful?

The powders and pastes used at our clinic for professional hygiene do not damage or erode tooth enamel. Their hardness is lower than that of dental hard tissues, and they have an alkaline pH, which supports caries prevention and helps reduce gingival inflammation. The choice of powder and paste is tailored to each individual case, taking into account the condition of the dental and periodontal tissues.

Aftercare advice following professional hygiene.

We welcome patients from Torrevieja, La Mata, Elche, Murcia, Alicante, and other towns along the Costa Blanca and the Valencia region to visit our clinic or to contact us by telephone.

CALL US: +(34) 638 893 141 Appointments are available by prior arrangement.