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Contact us
We're available 2 days a week initially with a view to open up 5 days per week once fully operational.
Thursday & Friday: 9am - 2pm
Location
Conveniently situated just outside of the town centre with off road parking.
100 Main Road, Broomfield, Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 7AE
Philippa Clough: BSC(HONS)EQ SCI EQDT FDSC ORAL HEALTH SCIENCES BSC (HONS) ORAL HEALTH SCIENCES
GDC Number: 234963
Pip is the founder of The Chelmsford Hygienist and she has over 10 years experience working in a mixed dental practice in Chelmsford providing tailored treatment and advice to support and motivate individuals to maintain excellent oral hygiene and dental care. It has been a dream to become the first Hygienist only clinic in the City of Chelmsford to enable preventative care to become more accessible to patients. With a lot of hard work and a very supportive family, the dream has become a reality!
Pip has always had an interest in dentistry and qualified as an equine dentist in the USA, subsequently working with colleagues in the USA and Europe. Pip retrained to work within the human dentistry fields, qualifying as a hygienist in 2012 with the Outstanding Achievement Award and the BSDHT award for Critical Appraisal and Research Skills. She strives to maintain and build her knowledge and subsequently qualified as a Dental Therapist in 2016 to gain the skills to further aid restorative and preventative treatments on adults and children.
In her spare time Pip enjoys being a busy mother to her two young children and squeezing in some quality time with her horses too.
Assessment
Includes oral hygiene assessment, basic gum assessment (BPE), Scale & Polish, Oral Hygiene & Dietary Advice.
Maintenance
Suitable for patients who attend regularly and have a good standard of oral hygiene and gum health.
Air-Flow® polish
It’s a combination of air, water and super-fine powder to remove all surface staining, bacteria, plaque, and debris.
I have always kept up to date with my dental treatment and hygiene visits and following the advice given to me from these, but have found that with the hygiene visits the advice never made any difference to my issues. However since seeing Pip and following her excellent tips and advice my previous issues have disappeared. She really listened to the problems I had a gave me a great but easy to follow routine which is specific to my mouth. So when I had a routine dentist checkup a couple of months later no plaque build up was found, or bacteria around the gums, which the dentist remarked on the improvement. My mouth feels completely different to before, it feels clean, fresh and healthy, gums are healthy with no sensitivity or bleeding. A few tweaks to my routine has made an incredible difference. Thank you
Lorraine – Clinic patient
Yes.
You are no longer obliged to see the hygienist in the same practice as your dentist. If you pay privately to see a hygienist then you are entitled to choose where you go and who you see.
There is no definitive answer to this question as it varies from person to person depending on need. The recommended frequency is determined by several factors, for example, how good your daily oral hygiene routine is. It is also dependant on whether you have active gum disease or are at higher risk of developing gum disease, if you have a general medical condition or lifestyle factor that makes you more susceptible to gum problems, or if you have orthodontic appliances, implants or restorations that need more frequent attention and monitoring.
We will assess all of these factors when you attend for an appointment and recommend a frequency suitable for you.
It is our aim at The Chelmsford Hygienist Clinic to make your treatment as pain free and pleasant as possible, we will always be as gentle as we can. Most people don’t experience any discomfort during the treatment but on occasion if you suffer from gum recession, swelling or irritation there is a risk of sensitivity or tenderness.
Should you experience any discomfort at all we have options available including local anaesthetic and desensitising paste.
We want your experience in our clinic to be a positive one so will always strive to make it as comfortable as we can.
Yes. However hard or often you brush, you will never reach where interdental cleaning aids can! Cleaning between your teeth with floss or interdental brushes removes the build up that your toothbrush can’t reach. Cleaning these areas daily before brushing means you are removing the sticky plaque deposits while they are still soft. If you miss days with the floss or brushes then the build up will have a chance to harden into calculus, making it impossible to remove with your floss or brushes.
At The Chelmsford Hygienist Clinic we feel fluoridated toothpaste is the most effective way to prevent tooth decay.
There are many different toothpastes available, the most important factor in how effective your toothpaste is how you brush. You could be using the best toothpaste on the market with an ineffective brushing technique and sadly it wouldn’t protect your teeth. If you have a great brushing technique AND a great toothpaste you minimise your risk of developing tooth decay or gum disease. There are many great toothpastes to choose from, some of them specialising in certain things like sensitivity, whitening or tartar control. When you attend the clinic we’ll advise you if we feel you require a specialist toothpaste and suggest an appropriate one.
Yes, we have three off street spaces directly at the front of the building for patient use only.