Caring for Healthy Teeth
What needs to be done to maintain oral health? Here are tips on caring for your teeth and mouth to keep it healthy and beautiful:
Select Dental Floss, Avoid Toothpick
Finished enjoying the food, usually there are some foods that inhabit crevices of teeth. This situation can be annoying and if left too long can cause tooth decay. To remove, use dental floss (dental floss) rather than using a toothpick. Dental floss will minimize friction and collision of the teeth and gums. Instead use a toothpick allows the gear shift and injure the gums, thus making gum bleeding and infection.
Brushing Right
How correct brushing technique?
Brush with light pressure. Pressing too hard on the teeth will damage the teeth and gums. Gums will bleed easily and are sensitive to infection. Due to the troubled, the gums become imperfect to support the teeth and can lead to tooth or teeth kerusak be dated.
Sweep right direction. Correct brushing direction is vertical in one direction from the base to the tip of the tooth. The aim is that the rest of the food on the teeth can be wiped out and the gum-tooth borders are not eroded. Sweep direction for molars are chewable surfaces with a brush to the right-left movements such as sweeping or in a circular motion.
Duration ideal brushing time is 2-3 minutes. If it is too fast, the teeth will be less clean, but if it's too long can erode tooth enamel and irritate the gums.
Use a soft-bristled toothbrush. Bristles are hard and stiff will damage gigii email. Make sure the bristles neat and not out of line.
Choose a toothbrush with a small brush head. The size of the brush head according to the jaw will make teeth cleaner because it can reach the deepest parts of the tooth.
The Right Time to Brushing
Recommended brushing time is in the morning after breakfast and at night before bed, because during sleep, there is no production of saliva. Consequently, if there are leftovers, will make active bacteria and germs. The rest of the foods containing the acid and sugar will weaken tooth enamel and increase the risk of cavities.
Rinsing with Mouthwash
Finished brushing, fill the rinsing with mouthwash containing antiseptic. This is useful for protecting the teeth from plaque. At the mouth that are experiencing problems, such as injuries to the gums can use mouthwash containing antibiotics.
Scrape the Tongue
Tongue surface shaped like a "hill valley" which means there are cracks on the surface of the tongue that need to be cleaned. Kototran not lost when the rinse. The way to clean it is to scrape the surface of the tongue using a toothbrush or a special tool to scrape the tongue.
Chewing Gum
Chewing gum is useful for self-cleansing the teeth. Chewing gum can clean food debris and plaque on the tooth surface. Chew gum to stimulate saliva production peningkkatan thus becomes dry mouth and bad breath is reduced, While useful, but the sugar content in the gum can damage teeth, so do not forget to brush your teeth after chewing.
Limit consumption of sugar and acid
As much as possible, limit foods and drinks that contain sugars and acids such as candy, chocolate, or soft drinks. Simple carbohydrates contained therein is preferred bacteria. Bacteria will make the plaque that will convert sugar into acid. Acid can erode tooth enamel and makes cavities. It would be very good, if after eating sugar or acid, gave time to brush your teeth.
Limit Wine, Coffee and Tea
The content of tannins contained in tea and coffee can change the color of the outer layer of the teeth or the enamel. Other dyes in colored drinks, such as wine, syrup or soft drinks can also cause stains on teeth.
Noda will be easily formed on the surface of the teeth caused by plaque rough or uneven teeth anatomy. Prevention is to drink through a straw and limit the consumption of 1-2 cups a day.
Do not smoke
At the time smoking cigarettes, cigarette smoke and millions of other chemicals contained in cigarette will enter the mouth and affect tissues and organs in the mouth, including the teeth.
Hot smoked cigarettes will also reduce the production of saliva which causes bad breath, causing dry mouth and makes the condition of the mouth become a comfortable place for breeding bacteria.
Other effects of smoking are:
Discoloration of the gums, teeth and lips become darker
Dental caries is formed
Increases the risk of oral cancer
Mouth so flavorful cigarettes
Use Teeth Whitening
The negative effects from the use of tooth whitening is becoming more sensitive gums. So, if you want to perform teeth whitening, check whether your gums healthy and safe to perform the procedure.
Teeth whitening on the market such as bleach in toothpaste, strips or brush may be used if its content below 3% and the content of hydrogen peroxide bleach named. Also examine whether the product has a permit from the health agency.
Consult Teeth
Sick or not, you should regularly visit the dentist every 6 months. The aim is to check the health of your teeth and mouth. If there are no problems, you can clean the tartar.
