CDC · 2024
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Preventative care
The simple stuff, done well, year after year.
Cleanings, sealants, gum therapy, and home care — the unglamorous work that does the most to protect a mouth over a lifetime. Anchored by the Dental Fitness conversation at every visit.
Why prevention comes first
Most dental disease is preventable. Most dental disease is also predictable.
Both of those things are true at the same time, which is why Cisco Dental organizes care around prevention rather than around procedures. The clinical evidence is clear: routine professional cleanings, well-timed sealants, gum-tissue maintenance, daily home care, and water-first hydration prevent the great majority of cavities and gum disease that show up in adult populations.
Add whole-mouth diagnosis and the Dental Fitness conversation, and prevention becomes specific to the person — not generic advice to brush and floss.
None of this is a uniquely dental idea. Prevention is simply how careful people already run their lives — an oil change before the engine fails, a roof patched before the rains, a clean house before anyone gets sick. The mouth works the same way: small, steady upkeep is cheaper, calmer, and far more reliable than the repair that follows neglect. We just make that everyday instinct specific to your teeth.
Preventative services
Where the work happens.
01 · CLEANINGS
Cleanings & check-ups
Routine professional cleanings and exams on a cadence that fits your risk — not a one-size-fits-all interval.
Cleanings → 02 · HYGIENETeeth cleaning
What a professional cleaning actually involves, how often you should have one.
About cleanings → 03 · GUM HEALTHGum disease treatment
Deep cleanings, laser therapy, periodontal maintenance, and Arestin where appropriate.
Gum therapy → 04 · SEALANTSDental sealants
A thin protective layer over the chewing surfaces of back teeth.
Sealants → 05 · HOME CAREOral hygiene
Daily care that actually works — brushing, flossing, rinsing, hydration.
Home hygiene → 06 · TARGETEDArestin
An adjunctive antibiotic placed in periodontal pockets during gum therapy when clinical indication supports it.
Arestin → 07 · BITE & TRAUMABite diagnosis & trauma prevention
Orthodontic evaluation, bruxism and bite guards, the periodontal effect of a bad bite, cervical lesions, and protective appliances.
Bite diagnosis →From here. About here. For here.
The country we practice in.
Prevention is local. Water, weather, dust, work — the conditions of the place a patient lives in are the conditions their mouth lives in. These twenty-two frames are the country Cisco Dental practices for, and from.
Where Dental Fitness fits in
Every prevention visit includes a Dental Fitness conversation.
A cleaning is a useful event. A cleaning paired with a real conversation about hydration, beverage frequency, dry mouth, and daily behavior is a useful event with a long memory.
Learn about Dental FitnessReady when you are
Schedule a preventative visit.
Tell the team you'd like a cleaning, a Dental Fitness conversation, or both.