Well most of us face the same question when our dentist advices to undergo a minor procedure known as scaling. In simple terms scaling is a scientific term for teeth cleaning. When do you need cleaning??? Whenever we eat food that food gets stuck between the teeth even on microscopic levels. Thorough gargling or cleaning still leaves a part of it on the teeth. As a result of this bacteria get attracted on to those food particles usually bacteria are so small a size that prevents us from seeing them with our bare eyes. However when they reach their maximum limit they can be seen in the form of tartar or black discoloration on the teeth. This is a prime condition when your dentist might ask you to go for a procedure called scaling. The point of view is that bacteria in any form are responsible for the disease. Hence imagine if not removed they get accumulating and cause the disease related to gums and the bone supporting the teeth. As a matter of the fact that they can cause damage to th...