10 tips towards healthy teeth
1. Brush twice daily
a) Last thing at bed time
b) Rinse your mouth in the morning before breakfast and brush after break fast
Or last thing at bed time and first thing in the morning and rinse your mouth after breakfast.
2. Scaling and polishing twice in a year, this affords you a regular check up with your dentist and early detection of oral diseases that may be present at the time of presentation.
3. Drink your juices with drinking straws to avoid tooth erosion
4. Avoid clenching your teeth in anger to prevent TMJ pain.
5. Do not use your teeth as an opener
6. Brush with a medium textured toothbrush with a fluoride containing toothpaste.
7. Avoid grinding bone, it wears away the teeth surface and results in TMJ pain
8. Do not suck lemon and orange with your teeth to prevent dissolution of tooth substances by acid.
9. Report all traumas to the teeth to your dentist.
10. Avoid the use of your teeth as a holding device, a scissors, or for defense.
Thanks for sharing 10 tips towards healthy teeth.
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