Taking Proper Care Of Your Teeth Should Be Your Priority: Here’s How

It is essential to pay attention to your dental health, and dental care is part of general health care since your mouth is a part of your body. After all, you need to maintain good dental hygiene as it can help your self-esteem. You want to have a bright and beautiful smile as well as avoid bad breath. Generally, when you take care of your teeth and gums, it means that the risk of you having tooth decay and gum disease is reduced. Although smoking, coffee, aging, and certain health conditions can affect your oral health, you can still maintain healthy dental hygiene. Simply buy the right dental care products and use them habitually and as prescribed. 

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How Do You Take Care Of Your Teeth?

Here are a few of those dental care procedures you should work to make a habit of.

  1. Brush Your Teeth Regularly And Properly

You must brush your teeth regularly and properly. Poor brushing is just as bad as not brushing at all. Brush your teeth gently, brush your teeth in a circular motion to not damage your gum. Take your time as well to ensure that you remove plaques from building up. Brush regularly, including before going to bed, to keep unremoved plaque from hardening. Unremoved plaque can result in calculus buildup and gingivitis. 

  1. Consider Advanced Teeth Whitening

Teeth whitening has become a popular option for many people that are trying to maintain healthy oral hygiene. Advanced teeth whitening procedures usually carry on for one to two weeks until desired brightness is reached, and it should not be completed more than once per year. It is an intense dental treatment procedure. Make sure to consult your dentist before Advanced Whitening, and you need your dentist to tell you if your teeth and gum are healthy enough for a teeth whitening process. 

After your dentist has approved your teeth whitening procedure, you then need to choose what teeth whitening method you want. Consider any of these:

  • In-Office Bleaching

The results from in-office teeth whitening are impressive. The procedure is done in the dental office, and it is done quickly. In-office bleaching is quite expensive, but you get compensated with an immediate result which saves you time. 

  • Teeth Whitening Trays And Gel

Teeth whitening trays and gel are also effective teeth whitening methods, but the results don’t manifest as fast as in-office bleaching. The teeth whitening trays are usually worn for a couple of hours and sometimes overnight, depending on the strength of the peroxide in the gel. The procedure usually lasts up to three days or even a few weeks before the result is noticed. You can get teeth whitening trays and gel from your dentist or over the counter. Even though both will whiten your teeth, the ones from the dentist work faster than the ones from over the counter because they contain stronger peroxide bleaching agents.

Also, teeth whitening trays and gels from the dentist are custom made, so they fit on your mouth, unlike the ones from over the counter, which might come in contact with your gum and cause irritation.

  • Teeth Whitening Strips

Teeth whitening strips can easily be found in drug stores, and they are cheap. They are easy to use, and they work just fine, but it may take a longer time before the desired result is achieved, depending on the strength of the peroxide in it. 

  • Teeth Whitening Toothpaste

Teeth whitening toothpaste is effective for removing surface stains since it contains mild abrasives. Some teeth whitening toothpaste contain additional polishing agents and special substances to remove stains. So, they yield better whitening results than regular toothpaste. 

  1. Don’t Ignore Your Tongue

When brushing your teeth, make sure you don’t ignore your tongue. If you have not been cleaning your tongue before, you need to make it a habit now when you brush your teeth. Plaque can build up on your tongue, which can lead to bad breath – you don’t want that. So, every time you brush your teeth, gently brush your tongue with your toothbrush or buy tongue scrapers for your tongue. 

  1. Use A Fluoride Toothpaste

Before buying a toothpaste, check the ingredients to see that the toothpaste contains fluoride. Aside from checking for your toothpaste whitening power or flavor, the fluoride content is something you should prioritize. Fluoride effectively protects your teeth against decay, and fluoride fights the germs that can lead to tooth decay. Although fluoride gets scrutinized by people worried about how it can affect other health areas, it remains a significant component in oral health. 

  1. Floss

Treat dental flossing as you would treat brushing itself. Floss once a day as part of your dental health care. Flossing reduces plaque buildup, stimulates the gum, and helps reduce inflammation in the area.

  1. Try Mouthwash

Using mouthwash is just as good as implied in the ads. Mouthwash plays a three-in-one role in your oral health:

  • It reduces the level of acidity in your mouth.
  • Since mouthwash is fluid, it can easily reach all of the hard-to-brush areas in your mouth.
  • It restores the depleted mineral content of your teeth.

Oral health is a part of general health and it’s important that you pay attention to it. These tips will surely get you started on the right track. 

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