How Often Should You See a Dentist?
A fixed number would be misleading; the right interval depends on your risk profile.
What determines the interval
- Your rate of decay — how many fillings you have had
- Gum condition and pocket depths
- Smoking, which raises risk and hides the warning sign
- Systemic conditions such as diabetes that affect healing
- The number and age of existing restorations
- Being under orthodontic treatment
- Night-time clenching
- Medication that causes dry mouth
What a check-up covers
A check is not only about looking for decay: interproximal surfaces need bite-wing radiographs, and pocket depths are probed and recorded so change can be measured objectively at the next visit.
The cost of waiting for pain
Early decay is painless because enamel has no nerve endings; pain begins near the end of the process. That is why "I will go when it hurts" means systematically going late, turning a filling into a root canal and then a crown.
Getting Here, Booking and Emergencies from Yenigun
Route, booking and emergency arrangements for patients from Yenigun.
Getting here from Yenigun
Yenigün lies in the Muratpaşa district of Antalya; Muratpaşa is one of the central districts, about 2 kilometres from the clinic. We also see patients from neighbouring areas that share the route from Yenigun, such as Çağlayan, Ermenek, Güzeloba, Kızılsaray. You can ask for the location on WhatsApp when travelling from Yenigun.
Appointments for Yenigun
At this distance, splitting treatment into visits is no problem for patients from Yenigün, and attending reviews is easy too. As with patients from Muratpasa generally, appointments for families from Yenigun can be scheduled consecutively.
Emergencies from Yenigun
Setting out from Yenigün at night is quick; come without delay in an emergency, and calling as you leave means preparation is done in advance. For patients coming from Dental Clinic in Yenigun, the clinic is open 24/7 and in an emergency the order is set by severity rather than arrival time. For spreading facial swelling, difficulty swallowing or breathing, or toothache with fever, go to the nearest emergency department.
When Antibiotics Are Needed in Root Canal Treatment
Antibiotics are the first thing people think of for toothache, yet they have no place in most pain of pulpal origin. Unnecessary use neither relieves the pain nor avoids fostering resistance.
Why they do not work in most cases
Antibiotics travel in the bloodstream. There is no circulation within an inflamed pulp or inside a sealed abscess cavity, so the drug cannot reach in adequate concentration. The pain comes from pressure in a closed space and only resolves when that pressure is released mechanically. Relief comes within minutes of opening the canal, whereas with antibiotics one waits days for incomplete improvement.
When they genuinely are needed
Antibiotics come into play where the infection has passed beyond the tooth:
- Swelling spreading into the face
- Fever and feeling generally unwell
- Inability to open the mouth, difficulty swallowing
- Immunocompromised patients
- Prophylaxis in certain cardiac conditions
What is done for the pain
The real solution is opening the canal and releasing the pressure — a short procedure that can be done at an emergency appointment. Meanwhile anti-inflammatory analgesics are effective and, used correctly, get you through the night. Placing aspirin or similar tablets on the tooth causes a chemical burn on the mucosa; it does not relieve pain and enlarges the wound.
