Preventive care
Checkups + hygiene
The unglamorous work that saves you thousands.
- Price (CAD)
- $180 – $320
- Time
- 60 minutes
A proper scale and polish, a careful exam, and a straight answer about what, if anything: needs attention. Most visits end with 'see you in six months.'
A hygiene visit at Polished is quiet, methodical, and honest. Your hygienist scales away tartar your brush can't reach, polishes, and screens your gums: the early-warning system for almost everything that goes wrong in a mouth. Then a dentist checks in, reviews anything the exam or X-rays flagged, and tells you plainly what matters and what can wait.
We schedule hygiene by what your gums actually need, not by a template. Some people genuinely need 40 minutes twice a year; some need an hour every four months for a while. We'll tell you which you are, and why, and the price follows the time, nothing else.
What happens
Step by step, no surprises
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Catch-up + screening
Anything changed: sensitivity, bleeding, grinding? We check the soft tissue and gum pockets first.
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Scale + polish
Ultrasonic and hand scaling to lift deposits, then a polish. Numbing gel is always on offer: you don't have to earn it.
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Exam + X-rays when due
A dentist reviews your mouth and any imaging. X-rays only on the schedule your risk actually calls for.
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The honest debrief
What we saw, what it means, what it costs if anything needs doing. In plain English, with no lecture.
Fair questions
I haven't been to a dentist in years. Will I get a lecture?
No. It's our favourite kind of visit, honestly, and shame has never cleaned a single tooth. We look forward, not back.
Does scaling hurt?
It shouldn't. Tell us about sensitive spots and we'll numb them with gel before we start, and you can stop us at any point with a raised hand.
More on the full FAQ page, including insurance, sedation, and cancellation questions.
Polished Dental Co
Questions about checkups + hygiene?
Book the visit online, or start with the smile-plan quiz if you'd rather see your options mapped out first: real prices either way.
Prefer a human? (416) 555-0134: Morgan picks up.