Everyone brushes their teeth, and everyone knows that brushing is one of the effective ways to clean the mouth and prevent dental diseases. However, if you brush your teeth incorrectly, it will still fail to clean your teeth and may even cause harm to your dental health. After brushing your teeth for so many years, are you really brushing them correctly?
1. Frequency of brushing
Ordinary people should brush their teeth neither too frequently nor too little. Normally, you should brush your teeth at least twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening, for no less than 3 minutes each time. If conditions permit, you can also brush once after lunch. In addition, it is recommended to brush your teeth half an hour after a meal, especially after eating acidic foods, to avoid damage to tooth enamel. It needs to be said that patients undergoing orthodontic treatment should brush their teeth as often as recommended by their doctor, because after wearing braces, food residue and plaque are more likely to remain on the surface and gaps of the teeth, making oral hygiene more difficult and requiring patients to pay more attention to cleaning. .
2. Toothbrush selection
Many people believe that hard-bristled toothbrushes can clean teeth more thoroughly and remove plaque and dental calculus . First of all, dental calculus can only be removed by cleaning your teeth and cannot be removed by ordinary brushing. Secondly, long-term use of hard-bristled toothbrushes may cause damage to your gums and teeth. In fact, choosing a toothbrush with soft bristles and a small head can also achieve the effect of cleaning teeth effectively, and make it easier for the toothbrush to rotate in the mouth and brush every tooth.
3. Change toothbrushes regularly
If the same toothbrush is used for a long time, a large amount of bacteria will accumulate, which will cause harm to oral health and physical health. Therefore, it is recommended that you change your toothbrush at least every 3 months, and also change your toothbrush after catching a cold. And place the toothbrush head upward in the tooth cup and place it in a ventilated place to avoid getting too close to the toilet.
4. The correct way to brush your teeth
The wrong way to brush your teeth not only fails to clean, but sometimes causes damage to the gums and teeth. Such as the horizontal brushing method. Rough horizontal brushing will cause gum recession, wedge-shaped defects in the neck of the teeth, etc. The more popular correct brushing methods nowadays are Pasteur brushing method and vertical brushing method. In addition, don’t brush your teeth too hard, just as hard as lifting a medium-sized apple with one hand.
5. Tongue cleaning should also take into account
There are also some food residues, bacteria, etc. on the tongue. Therefore, when brushing your teeth, you can also use a toothbrush to gently brush the surface of the tongue to keep your mouth clean and your breath fresh.
Only by cleaning your mouth well and brushing your teeth correctly can you prevent oral diseases and protect your oral health. Come and see if you brush your teeth correctly?
