FIRST STEP
Assessment of your teeth and gums
Preventive Dental Care • Balwyn North
PowderJet Dental Clean
A fresh approach to professional dental cleaning.
PowderJet cleaning uses a controlled stream of air, water and fine powder to help remove biofilm and surface staining from the teeth. Your appointment is tailored to your individual oral health and preventive dental care needs.
Your dental cleaning and preventive care recommendations are based on an individual assessment of your teeth and gums.
YOUR DENTAL CLEAN
Considering PowderJet cleaning? We assess your teeth and gums first.
PowderJet uses a controlled stream of air, water and fine powder to help remove biofilm and selected surface stains. We choose the cleaning methods that suit your mouth and the deposits present.
Biofilm
Soft deposits on tooth surfaces
Surface stains
External staining we can address
Gum health
The tissues around your teeth
Hardened deposits
Calculus may need other instruments
Dental work
Areas around restorations
Sensitivity
Comfort and cleaning approach
PowderJet is one part of a professional dental clean.
It helps remove soft biofilm and some external staining, but it does not
replace every cleaning instrument or change the natural colour of teeth.
Your dental professional will tailor the appointment after assessment.
YOUR DENTAL CLEAN, AT A GLANCE
PowderJet cleaning.
A targeted cleaning method used where appropriate as part of your professional dental clean.
HOW IT WORKS
Air, water and fine powder
BIOFILM
Helps remove soft bacterial deposits
SURFACE STAINS
May remove selected external staining
SELECTED AREAS
Directed where deposits have collected
HARDENED CALCULUS
May require other cleaning instruments
YOUR COMFORT
Sensitivity helps guide the approach
ONGOING CARE
Cleaning and maintenance tailored to you
PowderJet is one part of a professional dental clean. It removes selected surface deposits; it is not a tooth-whitening treatment. Your dental professional will decide whether additional cleaning methods are needed.
PREVENTIVE DENTAL CARE
Cleaning tailored to your mouth.
We select the cleaning techniques we use according to your teeth, gums and the deposits present.
HOW IT WORKS
What is PowderJet?
Think of it as a targeted stream designed to help lift biofilm and surface deposits from the teeth.
PowderJet combines air, water and a fine powder in a controlled stream. It can be directed across selected tooth surfaces to help remove bacterial biofilm and some external surface staining.
We use it as one part of professional dental cleaning. Depending on what we find during your appointment, other dental cleaning instruments may also be appropriate.
Air
+
Water
+
Fine powder
WHAT ARE WE TARGETING?
Dental biofilm
Selected surface staining
Deposits around difficult areas
Ongoing maintenance
PowderJet does not mean every patient receives exactly the same clean. Your dental professional will determine which cleaning methods are appropriate after assessing your teeth and gums.
Why We Use It
A different way to clean selected areas.
Professional dental cleaning isn't one-size-fits-all.
PowderJet gives us another way to remove biofilm and selected surface deposits while tailoring the appointment to what we find in your mouth.
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Preventive Care
Biofilm removal
PowderJet helps remove the soft bacterial biofilm that develops across tooth surfaces and around difficult-to-clean areas.
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Surface Deposits
External surface stains
It can help remove selected external staining that has collected on the tooth surface, depending on the type and extent of the stain.
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Detailed Cleaning
Difficult areas
The directed stream allows us to clean selected areas around teeth and dental work where plaque and biofilm may otherwise accumulate.
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Patient Experience
A different cleaning experience
Because PowderJet uses a stream of air, water and powder, the sensation is different from traditional scaling and polishing techniques.
Important To Know
PowderJet doesn't replace every cleaning instrument.
Some deposits, including hardened calculus, may require other dental instruments for appropriate removal.
Your appointment is therefore tailored to what is present rather than relying on one cleaning technique alone.
Next
What exactly is dental biofilm?
Learn About Biofilm
Understanding what we are removing helps explain why regular preventive care matters.
UNDERSTANDING BIOFILM
What are we actually removing?
Dental plaque isn’t simply food left on your teeth. It is an organised microbial biofilm.
Bacteria naturally live in the mouth. On tooth surfaces, these microorganisms can organise within a soft, sticky matrix known as dental plaque biofilm.
Regular brushing and interdental cleaning help disrupt this biofilm at home. Professional cleaning helps us assess and remove deposits that have accumulated.
01 · SOFT DEPOSIT
Plaque biofilm
A microbial community on tooth surfaces that can be disrupted with regular oral hygiene.
02 · HARDENED DEPOSIT
Dental calculus
Plaque biofilm can mineralise over time, forming a deposit that needs professional removal.
WHY BIOFILM MATTERS
It develops continuously on tooth surfaces.
Some areas are harder to clean at home.
Build-up near the gums can affect gum health.
Regular cleaning helps manage these deposits.
PLAQUE BIOFILM
A living layer on the tooth surface.
Daily oral hygiene and professional care help disrupt and manage deposits before they accumulate.
BIOFILM + CALCULUS
What Happens at My Clean?
They aren’t quite the same thing.
PowderJet helps remove soft biofilm and selected surface deposits. Hardened calculus may need other cleaning instruments, so we tailor your clean to what we find.
YOUR DENTAL CLEAN
What happens at your appointment.
We assess your teeth and gums, then choose the cleaning methods that suit you.
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01
Dental assessment
We check your teeth, gums, dental work and the deposits present.
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02
Plan your clean
We select the techniques for your deposits, sensitivity and oral health.
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03
Remove hard deposits
If needed, other instruments remove calculus that air polishing cannot.
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04
PowderJet cleaning
Where appropriate, a stream of air, water and fine powder targets biofilm and selected surface stains.
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Review & home care
We discuss any areas needing attention and your ongoing care.
Check-Up & PowderJet Clean
Due for a fresh start?
Professional preventive care, tailored to your teeth and gums.
Book your dental check-up and professional clean at iDental Balwyn North. We'll assess your oral health first and tailor the cleaning techniques we use to your individual needs.
Start With
Dental assessment
Followed By
Tailored cleaning
Including
PowderJet where appropriate
The cleaning methods used are selected according to your oral health, dental work and the deposits present.
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