How to properly brush your teeth?

Proper care for your teeth is the guarantee of their health. A beautiful smile and healthy teeth are an indispensable attribute of a modern girl. Therefore, today we want to discuss the topic of how to brush your teeth. And although most people on the question of "How to clean your teeth?" With confidence answer: "Morning and Evening," it does not mean that they really know how to do it. Let's look at the most common situations.

How should I brush my teeth? General case

The fact that you need to brush your teeth after every meal, you probably heard more than once from commercials. But advertising - advertising, they need to sell you more pastas, brushes and chewing gum, without thinking about the consequences. Dentists also recommend brushing your teeth twice a day. In the morning, before the first meal, and in the evening - before bedtime. There are people who prefer to brush their teeth after breakfast. This is not correct, as a lot of bacteria accumulate during the night on the teeth, and during the chewing they go with the food into the digestive tract, which can lead to various gastrointestinal diseases. After eating, rinse your mouth with water. Chewing gum is used only as a last resort (again due to its negative effect on the gastrointestinal tract).

So, a reminder how to properly brush your teeth:

  1. Brush your teeth for at least 3 minutes.
  2. When brushing your teeth, you need to move the brush, both in the vertical plane and in the horizontal plane, and also making circular motions.
  3. As a rule, they begin to brush their teeth from the upper incisors, gradually turning to the canines, and only then to the back teeth. Then the same way must be repeated for the lower jaw. When the outer side of the teeth is cleaned, go to the inside. It should be given no less attention than external. And after the inner side, brush the tops of the teeth.
  4. After you have brushed your teeth, go to the cleaning of the tongue. This manipulation is done without a paste with just one toothbrush. To do this, you need to remove the plaque from the language, if available. Do not clean the root of the tongue, it can cause a vomitive reflex.
  5. We finish cleaning teeth with mouth rinsing.

How do I clean my teeth with braces?

The frequency of tooth brushing with braces remains the same, but the cleaning technique changes slightly. When brushing teeth, the toothbrush should be placed at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the tooth. This way you can clean the tooth well and get the bristles of the brush to the angle of contact between the tooth and the bracket. We brush the tooth from above the bracket, and then from below it. Do not forget about the back of the tooth.

How to brush your teeth with an electric brush?

If you brush your teeth with an electric brush, then you yourself do not need to perform cleaning movements. All you need is to turn on the brush, and alternately put it to each tooth. And the brush itself will do whatever it takes. And you just have to watch to cover the entire surface of the tooth.

How to properly brush your teeth with dental floss?

Brush your teeth with a thread after evening brushing your teeth with a brush and paste. To do this, you do not need a large piece of dental floss (about 50 cm). Wind its ends on the index fingers, pull and push the thread into the gap between the teeth. Then pulling the thread back and forth to clear the gap, and then stick out the thread. To clean the teeth, the thread is needed only in those places where there is a gap between the teeth. If the thread does not penetrate into it, it means there is no need to clean it.

How to brush your teeth with tooth powder?

To do this, moisten a small amount of tooth powder with water so that it becomes like a thick slurry. Then this slurry is applied to the toothbrush, and then acts as if brushing your teeth with paste. After tooth powder, the mouth should be rinsed with extreme care.