20 Amazing Tips and Mental Floss That You Should Follow To Maintain a Healthier and Fresher Mouth and Teeth

Here’s 20 healthy tips and mental floss from newsmile dental hub. Keep these as a habit. Your teeth is your asset, keep it new and health every day.

Replace your toothbrush every three months.

After having an especially sugary drink, washing your mouth out with water or milk will help get rid of harmful acids.

Understand that when you brush, you don’t need a lot of toothpaste; just squeeze out a bit the size of a pea.

Drink acidic beverages (such as juice and soda) with a straw. The liquid will not contact your teeth, and therefore, not decay the enamel.

When brushing the back sides of your front teeth, hold the toothbrush upright (vertical) and move it up and down along each individual tooth – both lower and upper arches. Repeat several times for each tooth.

When you use mouthwash, use as directed on the bottle, read all instructions BEFORE using the product.

Don’t forget to brush the back of your tongue and the upper palate of your mouth.

Try and drink milk, as it is high in calcium. Calcium helps bones and teeth to grow stronger.

Use mouth wash after brushing.

Floss your teeth before brushing. This is so that plaque from the outside and inside surfaces of the teeth gets dislodged too be killed when you brush.

Chewing gum between meals, especially if the gum is sweetened with xylitol, helps keep your mouth moist, and your teeth cleaner, both of which are good for your teeth.

Spend extra time on the back teeth along the gum-line, holding the bristles at a 45 degree angle pointing toward the gums, as plaque and other bacteria can build up easily there because of your saliva stream.

Get into the habit of drinking with a straw, as this directs the (possibly sugary) drink away from your teeth.

If you smoke, you will be more prone to bad breath, gum infection and bone loss. Also, it prevents you from experiencing the real taste of food and drinks.

New prescription toothpastes are now available that can actually reverse early lesions (cavities) by remineralization and also bring added protection to those areas on the verge of breaking down. Ask your dentist or dental hygienist about these products… they are a major breakthrough in preventing decay!

Bulimia can wreak havoc on your teeth, causing irreversible damage from the strong acid in your stomach that comes back up into the mouth while regurgitating. When you have a check up at the dentist, this destruction is clearly visible to them.

Use a linear motion to brush the top sides of your teeth (chewing surfaces).

Use a thorough, effective technique with a slow circular motion aimed AT and BELOW the gum line, inside and out, top and bottom. Brushing too hard may abrade your gums or cause them to recede and/or bleed, while brushing too soft will do nothing to get rid of plaque/biofilm.

Everyone has millions of bacteria living in their mouths that have one goal: find a hard surface to stick to and grow into a community. This happens rapidly and automatically, whether we know it or not, twenty-four hours a day, and three hundred and sixty-five days a year. It cannot be avoided because our bacteria are part of us and present whether we like it or not. Once they attach themselves to a tooth surface, they form what is called “plaque” – the invisible film that coats your teeth. You have probably felt this ‘fuzzy sweater’ feeling on your teeth when you wake up in the morning and run your tongue along the outside of the upper back teeth next to your cheek. Taking care of your teeth involves disrupting the plaque by means of physical contact with dental floss and toothbrush bristles.

Aim the bristles toward the gum line and brush the insides and outsides of your teeth in a small circular motion.