Iseti yokupholisha kwamazinyo isetyenziswa ikakhulu ukupolisha umphezulu wamazinyo, ukususa i-plaque namabala, ngaloo ndlela kuphuculwe inkangeleko kunye nokucwebezela kwamazinyo. Ngexesha elifanayo, iindlela ezichanekileyo zokugaya kunye nezakhono zinokukhuthaza ukujikeleza kwegazi kwezicubu ze-periodontal kunye nokuphucula impilo yomlomo.