Saturday, March 24, 2007
Do you floss? Or use toothpicks? Or just force the bristles of your brush between your teeth? Well then your dentine might just be in trouble.
Firstly let me introduce you to the dentine, The Dentine is the second layer of your tooth after the extremely hard Enamel shield, here is a diagram showing you the exact location of your dentine and its involvement in your teeth.

Now as you can see the Dentine is shielded pretty extensively by the enamel, but there is this one very vulnerable area here, towards the end of the crown and beginning of the root area you could see a portion of the dentine being exposed to a thin layer of Gingiva (Gums).
Some of you might say “Hey! Does that mean I stop flossing?” Nope. But you should take care while flossing not to force the thing into the deeper portions of the space between your teeth, because if it does go deep enough, it will just create room for bacteria and plaque to say hello and… eventually goodbye to your dentine, which would not good for your dental health.
The point of this post is… many of the people I know are just too aggressive towards their teeth cleaning rituals, which causes them these problems, so yeah, just a little heads up. So when you floss, make sure you never FORCE it in, just clean the stuff accessable already and you should be just fine.
Dentiste
TheDentalCare.info
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Have you ever had problems with cleaning the back of your teeth? Nothing to be worried or ashamed about because a Survey shows at least 70% of the people do have problems sticking the toothbrush at the back of their teeth.
Now we are talking about the “inner” portion of the teeth, the one your tongue faces, it needs its share of cleaning as well doesnt it, but with a toothbrush its never possible to do it nicely, a flossing doesn’t work well either since teeth are curved from the inside.
So what do you do? You take a toothbrush (NOT an electric one) and break its head off, and then you use it to clean your teeth from the inside. Seems like a joke? No it isn’t, you gotta check it out to know how incredible it is.
After you are done, you’ll have the greatest feeling of your mouth being 100% clean, and that too without any gum severing or left out plaque. I have tried this myself and have insisted it to my friends and it works just great. Try it and let me know here how it works.
Dentiste
TheDentalCare.info
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Chewing Gum does help clean your teeth, think I am joking? Nope. Everyone thinks chewing gums are bad and you should not chew them else they might harm your teeth, but thats wrong. Chewing Gum actually helps your teeth.
The sticky substance in a chewing gum might not stick to your teeth and mouth but it does take all the germs and bacteria with it when you put it out. The sweet flavor in the sugar may hurt a bit, but its not as bad as a chocolate, just a little flavor.
Dont expect the chewing gum to take out plaque but you can at least expect it to take out some germs and bacteria, and maybe occasionally food bits. Ideal chewing time should be 5-10 minutes and make sure you move the thing all around your mouth.
Dentiste
TheDentalCare.info
Sunday, March 4, 2007
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