Preventive Dentistry

Teeth Cleaning and Exam in Frisco, TX

We schedule one patient an hour, for every patient, every time — and that is what makes this appointment different.

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A full hourevery hygiene appointment, every patient

Six readingsper tooth, recorded and compared visit to visit

Screened every timesoft tissues checked at every exam, never billed

Scanned most visitsand compared against your last one — complimentary, not billed to you or your insurance, no radiation

The process

What happens during your 60-minute teeth cleaning and exam

Here, a cleaning is scheduled for a full sixty minutes, for everyone — and this is where that extra time goes.

Gum measurements before your teeth cleaning
Six pocket readings around every tooth, written down and compared against last time. This is what turns gum health from a vague reassurance into a number you can watch. If your numbers have not been read to you before, you have not actually been told what condition your gums are in.
The cleaning itself, minus the cold water
Deposit removed above and below the gumline. Our Acteon piezo scalers draw on their own reservoir of chlorhexidine and distilled water, and it is warmed. That is not a luxury — cold water on exposed root surfaces is a common reason people leave a cleaning with teeth that ache, and warming it is the change patients notice most.
Polishing and fluoride varnish
Both inside the hour, neither offered as an extra. Varnish matters more than people think for anyone with exposed root surfaces, a dry mouth, or a history of decay.
The dental exam
The doctor looks at every tooth, every existing restoration, your bite, and the soft tissues — cheeks, tongue, floor of the mouth, palate and throat. That soft-tissue check happens at every single exam and is included every time, at no separate charge.
The iTero wellness scan
A two-minute 3-D scan of both arches, taken at almost every visit, and at least once a year, and compared against your previous ones. It is the most useful thing in the appointment, because almost nothing about your own mouth changes fast enough for you to notice: grinding wear, recession creeping half a millimeter a year, a tooth drifting after a neighbor was lost. Put this year beside two years ago and all of it is obvious. It also carries NIRI, which can help show early decay between teeth using light, with no radiation involved. Where it is relevant, it also generates a simulation of your own smile straightened, on your own face, emailed to you.
We show you what we found
Photographs and X-rays on the monitor, turned toward you. If a filling is being recommended, you should be looking at the reason. This is where the extra time in the hour ends up, and it is why patients here can usually explain their own mouths.

Good to know

A full-hour teeth cleaning: what the extra time gives you

What the extra time gives you

A thirty-minute hygiene appointment has to leave something out — and it is usually the same things. The scaling still happens. What gets cut is the measuring, the explaining, the photographs on the screen, and the two minutes spent showing someone how to actually use floss. Those are the parts that change what happens over the next ten years, and they are also the parts that can't be billed as a separate line item, which is exactly why they disappear first. Booking one patient an hour costs this practice real money in a way that stays invisible to patients. We consider it the most important operational decision we make here, worth stating outright.

A wall clock in a hygiene room, with a single set-up dental chair out of focus behind it.

The home care kit you take home after every visit

A toothbrush, a travel toothpaste and floss, at every hygiene appointment. Not a new-patient gift — not something you have to be asked about. It is a small thing and the reason for it is not generosity: a common reason people stop flossing is that they ran out and did not replace it, and a common reason a toothbrush is too old is that it went unnoticed for too long. Handing over a new one every six months quietly solves both. If you would rather have a different brush type — softer, smaller head, a particular kind of floss for a bridge — say so and we will send you home with that instead.

What the wellness scan shows

A toothbrush, a small tube of toothpaste and a spool of floss laid out on a pale stone surface.

Choosing between options

How often should you get your teeth cleaned?

Six months suits most healthy adults. Some people need to come more often than that, and what decides it is your own readings — not a default.

Comparison of Every 3–4 months, Every 6 months
Feature	Every 3–4 months	Every 6 months
Who	Treated gum disease, heavy tartar, smokers, uncontrolled diabetes	Most healthy adults
Why	Bacteria repopulate a treated pocket in about twelve weeks	Enough to catch decay while it is still small
Insurance usually covers	Two, sometimes three or four	Two
What decides it	Your readings — not a policy	Your readings — not a policy

In depth

What is a dental cleaning, and what is it not?

A professional teeth cleaning, also called a dental cleaning, removes the plaque and hardened tartar that brushing and flossing leave behind, above and below the gumline, then polishes the teeth. It is preventive care. At White Lotus Dental in Frisco, a teeth cleaning and exam is a full 60 minutes. The exam is done by Dr. Karuna Peravali, DDS, who co-founded the practice in 2017 and has practiced dentistry for over twenty years. Your cleaning comes first and the dental exam follows, so she sees your teeth and gums at their cleanest.

Cleaning vs. deep cleaning: how we decide

A routine cleaning is for healthy gums. A deep cleaning, called scaling and root planing, is for gums that have pulled away from the teeth and formed pockets where bacteria collect below the gumline. What decides it is your six pocket readings and your X-rays, not a guess and not a quota.

If your numbers point to gum disease, we show you the readings and the X-rays first, explain what a deep cleaning involves, and give you time to decide. After treatment, periodontal maintenance visits every three to four months keep the pockets from filling back in. Dr. Holvin Louie, our board-certified periodontist, is part of the practice, so needing gum care does not mean being sent to another office.

What to ask at your next teeth cleaning

“What are my numbers, and have they changed since last time?”

Six pocket readings per tooth should already be in your record. Ask what your deepest ones are, which teeth they are on, and whether they are better or worse than the last visit.

This one question does two things. It tells you the actual state of your gums, in a number rather than a reassurance. And it tells you whether the practice is measuring at all, because you cannot answer it from memory.

Ask it here. Your hygienist will turn the screen round and go through them with you — that is what the hour is for.

We are at 8175 Custer Rd, Suite A110, Frisco, TX 75035, with Saturday appointments from 9 AM to 3 PM. Families come to us from across Frisco and from nearby Prosper, Plano, Little Elm, Allen, Celina and McKinney. Children’s Medicaid and CHIP are accepted here, and anyone without insurance can join our membership plan.

What a cleaning costs with and without insurance is on its own page: what a cleaning costs.

To book a teeth cleaning and exam in Frisco, call (469) 262-2111 or request an appointment online.

How We Practice Holistic Dentistry at Your Cleaning and Exam

Your cleaning and exam is where holistic dentistry in Frisco begins. We look at your whole mouth and your health history before we talk about any treatment, and the visit lasts 60 minutes so nothing is rushed.

We measure your gums, check for oral cancer, and show you photographs and X-rays on the monitor when they are needed. If we recommend a filling, you should see the reason for it. Our goal is to treat only what needs treating and to explain your choices in plain English. You can read more about our holistic dentist approach.

Planning your day

Time in the chair for the exam.

The scale runs to five hours — the same scale on every page, so the bars are comparable across the whole site.

In the chair: 45 min to 1 hr
Appointments: One visit
Who does it: Dr. Peravali or Dr. Yarlagadda

What moves it: Longer for a first visit or when there is heavier tartar buildup than usual.

This is a booked range. It isn't a stopwatch. It covers being seated, numbed where that is needed, and the treatment itself — and we would rather run to the top of the range than rush the end of it.

Cost & insurance

Teeth cleaning cost in Frisco, and what it prevents

Usually fully coveredMany PPO plans pay at or near 100% of two cleanings and exams a year, often before your deductible and often without counting against your annual maximum — it depends on your plan. It is the one appointment insurance genuinely wants you to have.

No insuranceA cleaning, exam and X-rays as a package is one of the smallest fees in dentistry, and the membership plan is built around making it predictable. Ask for the figure — we will give it plainly.

The arithmetic that mattersA cavity found small is a filling. The same cavity found two years later is a root canal and a crown. That is not a scare line; it is the same tooth at two points on one curve, at very different prices.

If money is the reason you have not beenSay so. It is a far more common reason than embarrassment about how long it has been, and there is almost always a workable plan. The worst outcome is staying away.

You get the figure in writing before treatment starts. We accept all major PPO plans and file the claim for you, our membership plan takes a percentage off treatment, and CareCredit financing is available.

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Using your insurance

How plans usually cover the exam.

Preventive and diagnostic — Class I on most plans

What plans pay: Usually paid at 100%, which is why the exam feels free at the desk. It is not free; it is prepaid, and it is the part of the plan worth using every year.
Deductible: Usually waived. Most plans do not apply the deductible to preventive care, which is one of the few pieces of good news in plan design.

What catches people out

Frequency limits are counted by date — not by calendar year. "Two cleanings a year" usually means six months and a day between them, so an appointment moved a week early can be the one that is not paid.
It still spends your annual maximum. The plan paying 100% is the plan paying out, and that draws the ceiling down even though you hand over nothing — which is exactly how two ordinary visits can leave very little behind.
Some plans exclude preventive care from the maximum altogether. We check whether yours does, because it changes how the whole year should be sequenced.
The figure here is the exam only. The cleaning is a separate code with a separate allowed fee, and it is on our page about what a cleaning costs — quoting the two together would make the cleaning look half what it is.
Two cleanings a year is the usual allowance. A third, if your gums need it, is normally yours to pay for — and we will tell you that before booking it rather than after.

These are how dental plans usually classify this treatment — not a statement about your own plan. Yours is the one that governs, plans differ more than people expect, and the only reliable answer comes from reading your specific benefits, which we always do ahead of treatment and give you in writing.

And what changes out-of-network

A dentist who is in-network has signed a contract fixing what may be charged for each procedure and cannot bill you the difference. One who is out-of-network has signed nothing, so the full fee stands.

So the first difference is the price itself — the same treatment is simply allowed to cost more out-of-network, before anyone's plan is considered.

What you personally pay out of that depends on your own deductible and coinsurance, which is why there is no percentage here: it is not a property of the treatment, it is a property of your plan, and we verify yours before you commit. But two things follow for everybody. Your share is a share of a bigger number. And your annual maximum is spent by what the plan pays toward that bigger number, so the same treatment eats more of your benefit out-of-network.

An illustration, not a quote. These are the allowed fees for the exam — taken from our own contracted schedules. An allowed fee is what the contract permits to be charged, in network and out. It is not what you pay: your deductible and your coinsurance decide that, and we work yours out in writing before you commit to anything.

Check the going rate yourself

FAIR Health's dental cost lookup is free, needs no account, and is not ours — it reports what a procedure typically costs in your area. It does not know your plan, so treat it as a ballpark figure — not a final answer.

Ask us for the number first

We verify your specific plan before your appointment and give you a written estimate: what the plan is expected to pay, and what you pay. If we get it wrong we tell you why.

Bring an Explanation of Benefits

Treated somewhere else? Your EOB shows exactly what the plan paid and what it counted against your maximum. Bring one in and we will read it with you — whether or not you become a patient here.

None of this says out-of-network dentists are worse dentists. Plenty are excellent, plenty are out-of-network for sound reasons, and people choose a dentist for who that person is. What we think you are owed is the information, so that whatever you choose, you chose it knowingly. The whole thing, explained properly, or call (469) 262-2111 and ask.

What happens next

What we watch for over the years

The value of coming regularly is not any single appointment. It is the comparison between them.

Every visitSix gum readings per tooth
One site going from three to five millimeters is a conversation. Six sites going from three to six over four unattended years is a course of treatment.
Every visitThe soft tissues
Cheeks, tongue, floor of the mouth, palate and throat, looked at every single time, at no extra charge.
Year on yearWear from grinding
Teeth getting shorter is hard to notice on your own. Scans side by side make it undeniable — and a night guard at that point is far cheaper than what comes later.
Year on yearGum recession over time
Half a millimeter a year is invisible in a mirror and obvious in a record. Catching the cause early is usually a toothbrush conversation — not a graft.
Every X-ray intervalBone levels and early decay
Decay between teeth cannot be seen or felt until it is well established. This is the whole reason X-rays exist.

Getting here

Booking teeth cleaning and exam in Frisco

If it has been years rather than months, that is genuinely fine and it is more common than you think. Nobody here is going to make a point of it — we are far more interested in where things stand now than in how you got here.

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Address: 8175 Custer Rd, Suite A110
Frisco, TX 75035
Hours: Weekdays 9–6
Saturdays 9–3
Languages: English, Telugu, Hindi, Urdu
Arabic with Saba, our hygienist, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Vietnamese with Anh, our hygienist, Saturdays
Cantonese and Mandarin with Dr. Louie, our periodontist, on his scheduled days, by internal referral
Also serving: McKinney Plano Prosper Little Elm Allen Celina

Before you call

Teeth Cleaning and Exam FAQs in Frisco, TX

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Teeth Cleaning and Exam — common questions

How often should I get my teeth cleaned?

Most healthy adults should have a cleaning and exam about every six months. Anyone treated for gum disease needs one at three to four month intervals, as bacteria return to a treated pocket within roughly twelve weeks. Your own readings and history should decide it, not a default and not what your insurance happens to pay for.

How long does a cleaning take here?

A teeth cleaning and exam here takes a full 60 minutes, for every patient and every type of hygiene appointment. The extra time goes into measuring, the fluoride varnish, the wellness scan, and actually showing you what we are seeing on the screen. A thirty-minute appointment leaves something out, and the scaling is always what stays.

Does a teeth cleaning hurt?

It should not. If cleanings have hurt in the past, tell us at the start — that is usually root sensitivity and it is manageable. Our scalers run warmed chlorhexidine and distilled water and not cold mains water, which makes a real difference on exposed root surfaces, and we can numb an area if you would rather.

Do I really need X-rays every time?

No. X-rays are spaced according to how likely you are to get decay, so a history of cavities means more of them and a clean record fewer, and only when the result could change our plan. Decay between teeth stays hidden, and does not hurt, until it is well advanced, which is why we take them, but not every visit.

What is included in the exam?

Dr. Karuna Peravali examines your whole mouth. She checks every tooth and existing restoration, your bite, your gum readings, and the soft tissues: cheeks, tongue, floor of the mouth, palate and throat. That screening happens at every exam and is not billed separately. You are shown photographs and X-rays on the screen, not told a conclusion.

Is a teeth cleaning and exam covered by insurance?

Many PPO plans cover two cleanings and exams a year at or near 100%, often before your deductible and often without counting against your annual maximum, depending on your plan. It is the one appointment insurance actively wants you to attend, and skipping it is the only thing on your plan you lose simply by not using it.

I have not been to a dentist in years. Is it too late?

No, and this is much more common than people imagine. Many new patients here say exactly this. The first visit is not a lecture: we look, we measure, we tell you where things stand, and we put together a plan in an order that makes sense, including what can wait. The news is often better than people assume.

What is the wellness scan for?

It records the exact shape and position of your teeth today, and its value is in comparison: grinding wear, a drifting tooth, gum receding half a millimeter a year. Two scans side by side show what you cannot feel. It is quick, has no radiation, is complimentary, and its near-infrared imaging helps find early decay between teeth.

Do you offer Saturday teeth cleanings?

Yes. Hygiene appointments are available Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 AM to 6 PM, and Saturdays from 9 AM to 3 PM. We are closed Wednesdays and Sundays, though the phone is still answered on Wednesdays. A Saturday cleaning is a normal booking here, not a special request.

Is a teeth cleaning safe during pregnancy?

Yes. Major medical guidance, including from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, supports routine teeth cleanings, dental X-rays and local anesthesia during pregnancy. Hormone changes can make gums tender or more likely to bleed, which is a good reason to keep your visits. Tell us you are pregnant when you book and we will plan around how you feel.

Do you clean children's teeth, and do you accept Medicaid or CHIP?

Yes to both. We see children for cleanings and exams, and we accept Children's Medicaid and CHIP. Dr. Karuna Peravali took extra training in children's dentistry. If it is your child's first appointment, our page on a child's first dental visit walks through it step by step.

Can I get my teeth cleaned if I have braces, implants or crowns?

Yes, and cleanings matter more with all three. Braces trap plaque. Implants need professional cleaning, because gum and bone problems can develop around them, with visits often closer together in the first year. Crowns and veneers cannot get cavities, but the tooth and gum at their edges can. Tell us what you have and we plan around it.

I get nervous at the dentist. Can you make a cleaning easier?

Yes. Raise your hand and we stop. Blankets, warmed neck pillows and noise-cancelling headphones are available, our scalers use warmed water so cold does not set off sensitive teeth, and we can numb an area if you would rather. For more support, we also offer sedation options. Nobody here will make anything of how long it has been.

Can a cleaning and exam find health problems beyond my teeth?

Sometimes it can point to them, but it does not diagnose them. Your exam includes a soft-tissue screening for oral cancer. Your gum readings can also show signs of gum disease, which the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research links with conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. If something looks off, we tell you plainly and suggest you see your medical doctor.

How should I prepare for my teeth cleaning and exam?

Brush and floss as usual. Bring your insurance card and a list of any medicines you take, and tell us about any change in your health, including pregnancy. If you have X-rays from a previous dentist, ask them to send those to us. If it has been years, come anyway, because there is nothing you need to fix first.

Do dental exams include cleaning?

Here they do. A dental exam and cleaning are two parts of one visit: the cleaning comes first, then Dr. Karuna Peravali does the exam. Insurance bills them as separate items, so an estimate may show two lines, but you book one 60-minute appointment for both.

What happens during a teeth cleaning?

A teeth cleaning here starts with six gum measurements around every tooth. Your hygienist then removes plaque and tartar above and below the gumline with warmed-water scalers, polishes your teeth and applies fluoride varnish. The doctor then does your exam, and most visits include a 3-D wellness scan. You see your photographs and X-rays on the screen before you leave.

Where can I get a teeth cleaning near me in Frisco?

Teeth cleanings are done at White Lotus Dental, 8175 Custer Rd, Suite A110, Frisco, TX 75035. Each visit is a full hour with a hygienist, followed by a doctor exam. Cleanings are booked Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 AM to 6 PM and Saturday from 9 AM to 3 PM.

All preventive dentistry treatments

Dental emergency?

Toothache at 7am? You'll be seen today.

Same-day and Saturday appointments for toothaches, broken teeth, knocked-out teeth and lost crowns. Call us and we'll tell you what to do first, while you're still at home.

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Other treatments

Everything else under this roof.

White Lotus Dental offers nine dental specialties inside one calm office on Custer Road. Having general dentists and an in-house periodontist on staff means your entire family can receive preventive, restorative, and surgical treatments in one familiar place.

Preventive Dentistry

Regular dental checkups, professional cleanings, night guards, and jaw-pain care. Every routine exam includes an oral cancer screening to protect your long-term health.

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Children's Dentistry

Gentle first dental visits, protective sealants, fluoride applications, and space maintainers. We accept Children's Medicaid and CHIP, and every young patient receives a toy-machine token at the end of their visit.

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Orthodontics

Clear aligners with Invisalign® and comprehensive traditional braces. Your treatment is fitted, monitored, and adjusted in-house by your trusted dentist.

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Dental implants, bridges and dentures in Frisco, TX

Missing Teeth

Permanent dental implants, dental bridges, and customized dentures planned using 3-D CBCT scans. Because our team includes a board-certified periodontist, your implant surgery, placement, and final crown are completed in the same building.

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Cosmetic Dentistry

Professional Zoom whitening, custom take-home whitening trays, and composite tooth bonding designed to brighten and refine your natural smile.

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Periodontist in Frisco, TX — laser gum disease treatment

Periodontics & Oral Surgery

Specialized gum disease therapy, scaling and root planing (deep cleanings), frenectomies, and periodontal surgery performed by our board-certified periodontist.

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Crowns, bridges and fillings in Frisco, TX

Restorative Dentistry

Custom porcelain crowns, bridges, tooth-colored fillings, and full-mouth restorations crafted to match the natural look, feel, and function of your teeth.

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Sedation Dentistry

Relaxing dental care tailored to your comfort level. We offer nitrous oxide (laughing gas) for any routine clinic visit, as well as oral and IV sedation planned ahead with our periodontist.

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Emergency dentist in Frisco, TX — same-day appointments

Emergency Dentistry

Toothaches, broken teeth, knocked-out teeth and lost crowns — seen the same day, Saturdays included.

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Teeth Cleaning and Exam in Frisco, TX

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What happens during your 60-minute teeth cleaning and exam

Gum measurements before your teeth cleaning

The cleaning itself, minus the cold water

Polishing and fluoride varnish

The dental exam

The iTero wellness scan

We show you what we found

A full-hour teeth cleaning: what the extra time gives you

What the extra time gives you

The home care kit you take home after every visit

How often should you get your teeth cleaned?

What is a dental cleaning, and what is it not?

Cleaning vs. deep cleaning: how we decide

What to ask at your next teeth cleaning

How We Practice Holistic Dentistry at Your Cleaning and Exam

Time in the chair for the exam.

Teeth cleaning cost in Frisco, and what it prevents

How plans usually cover the exam.

What catches people out

And what changes out-of-network

Check the going rate yourself

Ask us for the number first

Bring an Explanation of Benefits

What we watch for over the years

Booking teeth cleaning and exam in Frisco

Teeth Cleaning and Exam FAQs in Frisco, TX

Teeth Cleaning and Exam — common questions

Toothache at 7am? You'll be seen today.

Everything else under this roof.

Preventive Dentistry

Children's Dentistry

Orthodontics

Missing Teeth

Cosmetic Dentistry

Periodontics & Oral Surgery

Restorative Dentistry

Sedation Dentistry

Emergency Dentistry