Treatment guide

Dental Check-ups, Cleaning and Fillings in Karnal

Dr Mehta's Clinic is an everyday family dental clinic in Karnal. Most of what happens here on a normal day is ordinary dentistry: routine check-ups, teeth cleaning, tooth-coloured fillings and simple extractions, for children, working adults and elderly parents alike. You do not need a complicated problem, a referral, or a reason beyond "it has been a while" to book an appointment.

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What a dental check-up actually involves

A check-up is mostly looking, and takes fifteen to twenty minutes. Roughly twice a year is the usual interval, and most visits end with nothing needing to be done.

What has changed since last time
We ask what you have noticed: a sensitive spot, food catching somewhere, bleeding when you brush. We also ask about your general health and any medicines you take, because both change what is sensible in the mouth.
The examination
Each tooth is checked with a mirror and a blunt probe for early decay, cracks and old fillings with leaking edges. We also look at the gums for inflammation, at how your teeth meet when you bite, and at the tongue, cheeks and palate for anything that should not be there.
An X-ray only where looking is not enough
Decay between two back teeth is often invisible to the eye. A small X-ray is taken only when there is a specific question it can answer, not routinely at every visit.
What you are told at the end
A plain summary in three parts: what needs attention now, what we will keep an eye on, and what is prevention rather than treatment. If something needs doing, you are told the cost before it is done, with a written estimate before treatment starts.

What we do most days

This is the everyday work of the clinic, the appointments that fill most of the diary.

Six-monthly check-ups

A short examination roughly twice a year, so decay and gum inflammation are found while they are still easy to deal with. Plenty of these visits end with us saying nothing needs doing.

Teeth cleaning and polishing

The soft film on your teeth hardens within a couple of days into tartar, and once it has hardened no toothbrush will shift it. An ultrasonic scaler vibrates it off under a water spray. Sound and vibration are the main sensations.

Tooth-coloured fillings

A cavity is a hole where acid from bacteria has dissolved the tooth. The decay is cleaned out and the space rebuilt with a composite filling matched to your tooth shade, usually in a single visit.

Simple extractions

Sometimes a tooth genuinely cannot be saved: split down the root, decayed too far below the gum, or loosened by advanced gum disease. We say so, remove it under local anaesthesia, and talk about replacing it afterwards.

Prevention

Showing you where your brushing is missing, fluoride application to harden enamel, sealants for children's back teeth, and advice aimed at the habit actually causing the problem.

Children

First visits, cavities in milk teeth, fluoride and sealants, paced so a child stays willing to come back. There is a fuller page on children's dentistry.

If your gums bleed when you brush, that has its own detailed guide: see gum care, scaling and deep cleaning. If something specific hurts, start with our symptom guides.

A surgeon-led clinic is not only for complicated cases

People sometimes assume that because this clinic is led by an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, it must be for jaw surgery and difficult cases only, and that ordinary dentistry here will be expensive. Neither is true.

Most of what happens here on an ordinary day is ordinary: check-ups, cleanings and fillings. Being able to do complex work in-house means you are never sold it unnecessarily; there is no chair to fill and nothing to prove. We regularly tell patients they need nothing done today, and we would rather say that than manufacture a treatment plan.

Specialist training does not mean specialist rates for everyday dentistry. A check-up here is a check-up, priced like one.

You are told what something costs before it is done, and a written estimate comes before treatment starts, so nothing turns up on a bill you had not agreed to. For payment: UPI or cash only; cards not accepted.

The real advantage for a routine patient is the rare day something is not routine: a tooth needing a surgical extraction, a lump to be assessed, a clicking jaw joint. Those are handled here, by the same team, without a referral or a trip to Delhi. That work sits under advanced surgical care, and you will probably never need it.

SHOT, an ordinary check-up in progress, wide and unhurried: Dr. Nainik Mehta seated beside a middle-aged patient who is upright in the chair, both looking at a screen or model while he explains, mirror and probe resting on the tray. Everyday and calm, no surgical instruments, no gloves-in-mouth close-up, no visible blood. The point of the frame is "normal dentist visit", not "operation" (landscape)

Looking after your teeth at home

Almost everything we treat is preventable, and prevention is a handful of habits done consistently rather than anything clever.

Worth doing

✓ Brush twice a day for two minutes, soft brush, fluoride toothpaste, angled into the gum line rather than scrubbed across the tooth

✓ Clean between the teeth once a day: floss where teeth are tight, interdental brushes where gaps have opened

✓ Spit after brushing rather than rinsing, so the fluoride stays on the teeth longer

✓ Replace the brush every 3 months, sooner once the bristles splay

✓ Ask about fluoride application and sealants for children's back teeth, where a first cavity usually starts

Worth avoiding

✗ Pressing hard or using a firm brush; it wears a notch at the neck of the tooth and pushes the gum back

✗ Sipping sweet tea, cold drinks or juice through the day; how often sugar reaches the teeth matters more than how much

✗ Treating mouthwash as a substitute for cleaning between the teeth; rinsing cannot remove a deposit

✗ Tobacco in any form, gutka and paan included, which damage the gum directly

✗ Waiting for pain before booking; by the time a cavity hurts, a small filling has often become a root canal

The honest answers

"A cleaning weakens the enamel"

It does not. The scaler works on hardened deposit, not on tooth. Teeth can feel sensitive for a few days afterwards because swollen gums shrink back and expose a little root, which is more sensitive than enamel. That settles, and it is not damage. Longer version on our gum care page.

"It does not hurt, so it can wait"

Decay does not hurt until it is close to the nerve, which is late. Caught early it is a small filling in one visit. Left until it aches, the same tooth commonly needs a root canal and a crown, costing considerably more and taking more of your time. That gap is the whole argument for a six-monthly look.

Bring the whole family

Children through to elderly parents are seen here, which saves repeating the same history at three clinics. One honest caution: there are four steps at the entrance and no ramp at present. Tell us when you book if stairs are difficult and staff will meet you there to help. Directions on our contact page.

Dr. Nainik Mehta portrait

Medically reviewed by Dr. Nainik Mehta, BDS, MDS (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery)

· Last reviewed July 2026 · About the doctor

Everyday questions, answered straight

How often should I have a dental check-up?

For most people, twice a year is about right, and once a year is the minimum worth aiming for. If you smoke, have diabetes, have had gum treatment, or tend to get cavities easily, your dentist will often suggest shorter intervals. The point of the interval is not the cleaning itself, it is catching a small problem while it is still small and simple to fix.

Does scaling damage or loosen the teeth?

No. Scaling removes hardened deposit from the tooth surface, not tooth structure, and no enamel is shaved off. Where a thick layer of tartar had been holding slightly mobile teeth together like a splint, removing it lets you notice a looseness the gum disease had already caused, so the cleaning revealed the problem rather than created it. There is a fuller explanation on our gum care page.

Is this clinic only for complicated cases and surgery?

No. On an ordinary day most of our appointments are check-ups, cleanings and fillings for regular families. The clinic is led by an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, which means complex work can be handled here when it is genuinely needed, not that it is what most patients come for. You are welcome to come in for a routine look and nothing more.

Will I be told I need treatment I do not really need?

Plenty of check-ups here end with us telling you that nothing needs doing and to come back in six months. Being able to do complex treatment in-house is exactly why we have no reason to push it: nothing is proposed to fill a chair. If we do recommend something, you are told what happens if you wait and what happens if you decline, and you get the cost in writing before treatment starts.

Can the whole family come to the same clinic?

Yes, and most of our families do. Children, working adults and elderly parents are all seen here, which saves you booking at three different places and repeating the same history. Please note there are four steps at the entrance and no ramp at present, so if someone with you finds stairs difficult, tell us when you book and staff will meet you at the entrance to help.

What if the check-up finds something serious?

Then you are told plainly what it is, in order of urgency, and what the options are including doing nothing for now. Because root canals, gum treatment, extractions and surgical care are all done at this clinic, you are usually not sent elsewhere and not left chasing a referral. Anything we cannot appropriately treat here, we will say so and point you to the right person.

Due for a check-up? Book an ordinary appointment

Send a message saying when you last had your teeth looked at, or that you cannot remember. We will find you a slot, take a proper look, and tell you honestly if nothing needs doing.

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