Dental Hygiene is also known as oral hygiene, and the most
important place to practice this dental care for your health is
at home every day. It is vital that children are taught the
proper hygiene at the earliest age possible. This will ensure
that the baby teeth are well cared for and that the permanent
teeth will last a lifetime. Preventative care must be practiced
in order to avoid emergencies and proper dental hygiene will
also help to prevent bad breath, something no one wants to have.
And good dental health will also help to ensure good overall
health. For optimum dental hygiene, regular visits to the
dentist are imperative as the dentist is able to pick up on any
problems before they become serious. These visits will involve a
good cleaning to remove plaque, a check on the gums to see if
there is any gum disease and x-rays to study the roots of the
teeth. Dental hygienists can do the cleaning, scrape away any
hardened plaque and take x-rays which the dentist will then look
at. The dentist and dental h