5 Tips For Great Dental Health
There’s nothing quite as painful as a severe toothache. Or bleeding gums. But with a good and conscientious dental health routine, teeth and gum-related problems can be avoided. Besides, who wouldn’t want a dazzling smile and sparkling teeth?
In this post we list 5 tips that can be incorporated for a comprehensive – yet simple but effective – dental health routine.
- Brush Your Teeth Twice A Day… At Least
This might seem obvious, but it’s astonishing how many people forget this basic rule of good dental care. Brush your teeth at least twice a day – the first thing in the morning (to remove the bad bacteria and bad breath of the night) and every night before bedtime (to remove any food or plaque build-up as well as to protect your teeth from sugar-related damage). If need be, you can brush more often through the day as well (if you’ve eaten something sticky or sweet or if you suffer from bad breath).
How we brush is as important as how often we brush. Make sure you brush thoroughly for at least a good minute or more.
Use a toothpaste with the recommended amount of fluoride in it, as fluoride is what is important for good oral care. Don’t be swayed by different flavours and other gimmicks like teeth whitening – make sure the toothpaste you choose contains fluoride.
- Regular Visits To The Dentist
Don’t just go see your dentist when you have a toothache or suspected cavity – if you go for regular check-ups every couple of months (at least twice a year), you can probably protect your teeth from rotting/ cavities or any other issues. The Dr. Lance Savoie Family Dental practice is a good dentist to register with if you are local to the area.
- Limit Your Sweet Intake
Too much sugar is not good for your health in general, but a sugar overload can directly affect your teeth too. It can lead to tooth decay, accumulation of plaque, loss of enamel which then leads to cavities and even gum disease.
- Don’t Overlook Flossing… And Mouthwash
Most of us are pretty regular with our brushing routine, but hardly (or never) floss or finish off with a mouthwash. But both flossing and using a mouthwash are integral parts of our daily oral hygiene routine.
Flossing is much more than just getting to those hard-to-reach food bits stuck between your teeth (although that’s important too). Flossing helps stimulate the gums, lower inflammation of the gum area as well as helps to reduce plaque.
Mouthwash helps to clean hard-to-reach areas of the teeth and gums, reduces the amount of acid in the mouth, and re-mineralizes the teeth.
- Drink More Water!
This one might seem pretty obvious – and yet quite unrelated to good dental care – but drinking more water has so many positive effects on our overall health and our teeth! It is recommended that we drink water after every meal as this helps wash out some of the negative effects of sticky/ sweet/ acidic foods and drinks in between brushes.
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