The healthy state of teeth and gums allows you to get not only a beautiful smile, which often becomes an incentive for people to use additional means for cleaning their teeth, but also to ensure the health of the entire body. The fact that bacteria that accumulate on the teeth and gums, can poison the entire body, and in some cases it leads to dangerous diseases that endanger human life.
Irrigator - a device for cleaning teeth, which people could often see in the office of the dentist. It is an apparatus connected to a reservoir of water, from which the liquid pressure flows under a certain pressure. The thrust of the thin jet and becomes the main cleaning element of this device.
Types of irrigation apparatus and attachments for teeth
Irrigator is an additional dentifrice that removes only fresh plaque and food remnants. Irrigator is not able to clean the darkened old raid. Unlike a toothbrush, this device is available for cleaning micro areas in which food is often accumulated - in the gum area and between the teeth. Often, the accumulation of food in these departments leads to a bad smell from the mouth, and over the years to caries and tartar.
Thus, the irrigator allows daily prophylaxis against:
- parodontosis;
- caries;
- bad smell from the mouth ;
- yellowness of teeth.
Today there are two types of irrigators:
- Stationary - equipped with a large reservoir for liquid, has a body that holds several attachments with their fastening, as well as the main unit. The stationary irrigator is operated from the network and is not intended for use in transit; it is designed for all family members, and has several different attachments that are designed for individual use.
- Road - this irrigator is powered by a rechargeable battery and is equipped with a small fluid reservoir. It is convenient on trips, and it is useful to people who are compelled to constantly move.
Any irrigator has a handle that allows you to adjust the head of water. This is necessary in order to adjust the sensation of pressure to avoid painful sensations.
Different irrigator nozzles are designed for different areas of the mouth:
- Periodontal nozzle - has a narrow bent tip through which a thin stream of water passes; It is used to clean the gingival pocket - the deepening of the gum, to which the tooth is attached. In these areas food is often accumulated, and if it is not cleaned, a good environment for the development of bacteria is formed. Also this nozzle is used for cleaning the interdental space.
- The nozzle for cleaning the tongue is a spoon shape, since it is convenient to collect plaque with this form. From the handle of the spoon there is a hole for water supply.
How to brush your teeth with an irrigator?
Irrigator is a convenient method of dental care, in general, cleaning is required no more than 7 minutes, which is much less than the required time for using a toothbrush.
Periodontal nozzle is used as follows:
- It is lowered to the depth of the gingival pocket at an angle of 45 degrees and the water pressure is applied.
- Purging movements, this area is processed for 10 seconds, then go to the next area - the interdental space.
- Under the gum should be especially careful to monitor the pressure of water, because a thin jet can damage the tissue, and this will lead to inflammation of the gums, painful sensations, and eventually to periodontal disease.
The tongue cleaning nozzle is used as follows:
- The nozzle is fed as deep as possible to the base of the tongue and is fed with water.
- With the help of scraping movements, the plaque is removed in the tongue. In total it is required to spend about 8 times along the tongue.
Who needs to flush teeth with water using an irrigator?
Especially the irrigator is indicated for flushing the prosthesis and for people wearing braces .
Contraindications to the use of the irrigator:
- preschool age for children;
- acute stages of gum disease.