I've been meaning to do an update: I found that within a couple weeks after my cleaning, my teeth had that fuzzy (non-clean/pre-cleaning) feeling. I think I prefer to have a hygienist scale my teeth b/c I don't think that the weird tool the dentist used adequately reached between the teeth. Also, I didn't like the noise of the tool the dentist used.
It was still an overall great experience but might not suit my needs in the future.