The basic drudge-a-thon can be divided into inside and outside jobs, "deep" cleaning and surface.

And that increases the risk that doing an invasive procedure, such as a tooth extraction or deep cleaning, will cause infection.

They've given it a deep cleaning, taken a deep breath and opened its doors for business.

It's designed to do maintenance cleaning - surface, but not deep cleaning.

Even for me, one deep cleaning, with elbow grease, is preferable to frequent surface sweeps.

They need frequent minor cleaning the year-round, but also benefit from deep cleaning annually or every 18 months.

A deep cleaning is performed, and further treatment may be required before beginning orthodontic treatment.

That's full deep cleaning, just, yeah, exactly.

Patients in such situations, he said, "respond extremely well to deep cleaning and hand scaling."

They require a deep cleaning or "under the gum" scaling to remove this plaque and tartar.