For kids, teens, adults, and anyone nervous or overdue. Cleanings that protect your teeth and gums, with sedation available if you want it, either nitrous oxide or oral conscious sedation. At Dentique Dental Care, you are greeted with no judgment and shown exactly what your mouth needs.
Preventive dental care is routine professional cleanings plus regular exams and early detection, and it keeps small problems small so you avoid bigger, costlier treatment later. A professional dental cleaning removes plaque and tartar from above and just below the gumline, where cavities and gum disease start.
Cleaning
Exam and screening
Prevention plan
A routine cleaning is a set order of gentle steps, and for most people it takes about 45 to 60 minutes and is not painful. Nothing happens without your say-so, and you can pause any time.
We check your gums with a quick periodontal probe.
We remove plaque and tartar by hand and with a gentle ultrasonic scaler.
We polish the teeth smooth and floss between them.
A quick fluoride treatment if you want it.
The dentist checks your teeth and screens for oral cancer.
Typically every 12 to 24 months, not at every visit.
Preventive care is for every age and every comfort level, from a child’s first checkup to an adult who has not been in for years. At Dentique we treat kids, teens, and adults, and families often book everyone together.
First checkups, first cleanings, and good habits that start early.
Your every-six-month cleaning and exam to stay ahead of problems.
No judgment, at your pace, with sedation available.
A regular cleaning, called a prophylaxis, is for healthy gums and removes plaque and tartar from above and just below the gumline. A deep cleaning, called scaling and root planing, goes further below the gumline to treat active gum disease. That one difference, healthy gums versus gum disease, decides which one you are quoted.
| Compare | Regular cleaning | Deep cleaning |
|---|---|---|
| Also called | Prophylaxis | Scaling and root planing |
| For | Healthy gums | Active gum disease |
| Purpose | Preventive, keeps gums healthy | Therapeutic, treats gum disease |
| Visits | Usually one, twice a year | Often more than one, split by side |
The American Dental Association recommends a professional cleaning and exam every six months for most healthy adults. How often you actually need one depends on your own risk, and we tell you which schedule fits after we see your mouth, not before.
For most healthy adults.
For higher-risk patients (diabetes, gum disease, pregnancy, smoking).
A dental cleaning can be done with sedation, either nitrous oxide or oral conscious sedation, to keep you calm if you are anxious or your teeth are sensitive. You do not have to white-knuckle a cleaning to get one. Dr. Xhelo Shuaipaj DDS FDOCS FICOI is an FDOCS, a Fellow of DOCS Education, which is sedation-focused training.
A new patient cleaning at Dentique is covered by our New Patient Special: $250 for a checkup, X-rays, and a cleaning. That price cannot be combined with insurance, and it is confirmed to you in writing before anything begins.
New patient
A checkup, X-rays, and a cleaning. Cannot be combined with insurance.
With insurance
Delta Dental, MetLife, Cigna, Aetna, BCBS of Illinois, UnitedHealthcare, Guardian, Humana. We verify your benefits first.
Typical national range
Routine cleaning; deep cleaning about $150 to $350 per quadrant. National figures, not Dentique’s prices.
Your local Downers Grove and Lemont fee is confirmed by the client and shown here before publish; we confirm your exact price in writing at the consultation. Financing available through CareCredit, Cherry, and Sunbit.
Dentique Dental Care has two offices, in Downers Grove and Lemont, Illinois, and you can book your cleaning at whichever is closer. Both are staffed by the same dentist, so your care is consistent wherever you go.
Dr. Xhelo Shuaipaj DDS FDOCS FICOI is one dentist with more than 30 years of experience, and the same person cares for your family at both offices. You are not passed between a rotating cast; you see a dentist who knows your history. Both offices are rated 4.9 stars across more than 400 reviews.
The same dentist cares for you at both offices.
Rated 4.9 stars across both offices.
Patients write that they were not judged for time away.
Nitrous oxide and oral conscious sedation, if you want it.
These guides cover the cleaning questions patients ask most, so pick the one that matches your situation. Each goes deeper than this page has room for.
What a professional cleaning actually involves, step by step, in plain language.
Read the guide
Regular cleaning versus deep cleaning, and how to tell which one you need.
Read the guide
An honest look at cleaning costs in Lemont and Downers Grove, with and without insurance.
Read the guide
The six-month rule, and when you need to come in more often.
Read the guide
How nitrous oxide and oral conscious sedation make a cleaning comfortable.
Read the guide
The gum and tooth warning signs that mean you should book sooner.
Read the guide
A routine cleaning is not painful for most people. If your teeth or gums are sensitive, tell us and we can use numbing or sedation to keep you comfortable.
A cleaning usually takes about 45 to 60 minutes. Your first visit may run a little longer because of the exam and X-rays.
Routine cleanings are considered safe during pregnancy. Major dental and obstetric groups treat preventive cleanings as safe prenatal care, so tell us you are pregnant when you book and we will plan around it.
Without insurance, we offer the $250 New Patient Special, which includes a checkup, X-rays, and a cleaning, and we confirm your exact price in writing. National ranges for a routine cleaning commonly run about $75 to $200, but those are not our local prices.
No. Digital X-rays are usually taken every 12 to 24 months, not at every visit, based on your history and risk.
A general and sedation dentist with more than 30 years of experience, serving Downers Grove and Lemont. Credentials: DDS; FDOCS (Fellow of DOCS Education, sedation); FICOI (Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists). Every clinical claim on this page is reviewed under his name.
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