Price for deep cleaning teeth
Deep-cleaning cost depends on gum-pocket depth, the areas treated, imaging, anaesthesia, and follow-up care.
The short answer
The cost of deep cleaning depends on how many teeth and gum areas need treatment, the depth of the gum pockets, imaging, anaesthesia, and whether follow-up care is required.
What does deep cleaning do below the gumline?
Deep cleaning usually means scaling and root planing, which removes calculus below the gumline and smooths contaminated root surfaces. The final cost is determined after pocket measurements and an examination, not from the phrase alone.
How is deep cleaning carried out on affected areas?
Scaling uses hand instruments or ultrasonic vibration to remove calculus; root planing uses fine instruments to smooth root surfaces beneath inflamed gums. Treatment may be divided by mouth areas when multiple sites need access.
What should a deep cleaning quote include?
Ask for a written plan that lists the areas being treated, examination and imaging charges, local anaesthetic, periodontal maintenance, and any review appointment. Compare like-for-like plans rather than a headline treatment name.
When do bleeding gums need a dental assessment?
Seek care when gums bleed repeatedly, feel tender, recede, or produce pus, or when bad breath does not improve with cleaning. Facial swelling, fever, or severe pain calls for urgent assessment.
Frequently asked questions
Ask how many areas require treatment and whether the diagnosis is gingivitis or periodontitis. Ask what is included, which findings could change the plan, and when maintenance should begin.
Why can two deep-cleaning quotes differ?
What happens at an assessment?
Seek care when gums bleed repeatedly, feel tender, recede, or produce pus, or when bad breath does not improve with cleaning.
Who wrote this page
This library is published by Dental Nation, a licensed dental group practising in the United Arab Emirates. Pages are written and overseen by the same clinical team that treats patients in our clinics, and are held to a fixed editorial standard for safety and accuracy.
This page is patient education, not medical advice, and cannot replace an examination. Anything urgent — facial swelling, trauma, uncontrolled bleeding or severe pain — needs a dentist or emergency care now.