Do you know how to keep your mouth healthy? In this era when everyone loves health, we care for our health all the time, but our oral health is often the most difficult to be concerned about. Do you want to know how to keep your mouth healthy? Come and have a look with me next.
How to maintain oral health 1 oral health is an important part of general health.
Oral health directly or indirectly affects general health. Oral diseases, such as dental caries and periodontal diseases, will destroy the hard tissues and supporting tissues around teeth, which will not only affect the function and beauty of chewing and speaking, but also lead to social difficulties and psychological obstacles. Oral inflammation, especially periodontitis, will lead to or aggravate some systemic diseases, such as coronary heart disease and diabetes. , thus endangering the whole body health and affecting the quality of life.
Brush your teeth in the morning and evening and rinse your mouth after meals.
Brushing teeth can remove dental plaque, soft dirt and food residue, maintain oral hygiene and maintain the health of teeth and periodontal tissue. After brushing, dental plaque will quickly reattach to the clean tooth surface and form continuously. Especially after falling asleep at night, saliva secretion is reduced, oral self-cleaning effect is poor, and bacteria are more likely to breed. So brush your teeth at least twice a day, and it is more important to brush your teeth before going to bed at night. Rinsing your mouth after meals can remove food residues in your mouth and keep your mouth clean.
Developing good eating habits is very important for maintaining oral health.
Eating habits are closely related to dental health, and sugar and carbohydrates in the mouth are one of the main causes of dental caries. Sucrose is the main cause of dental caries, followed by glucose and starch. If you often eat too many sugary sweets or drink too many carbonated drinks and can't clean your mouth in time, it will lead to demineralization of teeth and dental caries or dentin hypersensitivity. So try to reduce the frequency of eating sugar every day, drink less carbonated drinks, and stop eating after brushing your teeth before going to bed at night.
Advocate the use of fluoride toothpaste to prevent dental caries
Toothpaste is an auxiliary preparation for brushing teeth, which can enhance the friction of brushing teeth, help to remove food residues, soft dirt and dental plaque, help to eliminate or reduce oral odor, and make the breath fresh. Fluorine-containing toothpaste has a clear caries prevention effect, and its wide application in the world is one of the main reasons for the sharp decline in the incidence of caries. Brushing teeth with fluoride toothpaste is a safe and effective caries prevention measure, especially suitable for children and the elderly who are prone to caries. However, it should be noted that toothpaste is not a medicine, it can only prevent oral diseases or relieve symptoms, but can't treat oral diseases. If you have oral diseases, you should seek medical advice promptly.
Oral health examination should be carried out regularly.
Dental caries, periodontal diseases and other oral diseases often occur slowly. There are no obvious symptoms in the early stage and it is generally not easy to detect. When there are uncomfortable symptoms such as pain, it may have reached the middle and late stage of the disease, which is more complicated to treat. Therefore, regular oral health examination, at least once a year, can not only find and treat oral diseases in time, but also help doctors to take measures to prevent and control the development of oral diseases according to the situation.
Early medical treatment is the key to oral problems.
Dental plaque, food residue and soft scale are attached to the surface of teeth, combined with minerals in saliva, and gradually calcify to form tartar. The rough surface of dental calculus not only causes bad stimulation to gingiva, but also facilitates the attachment of new dental plaque, which is a promoting factor of periodontal disease. Self-oral care can only remove dental plaque, but not dental calculus. So be sure to go to the hospital to have your teeth cleaned regularly, preferably once a year. Dental scaling means that dentists use dental scaling instruments to remove dental calculus and plaque deposited on the supragingival and subgingival parts around the gingival margin. There may be slight bleeding during tooth washing, and temporary dentin hypersensitivity may occur after tooth washing, but generally it will not hurt gums and teeth, nor will it cause teeth thinning and loosening. Regular cleaning of teeth can keep teeth strong and periodontal health.
Tooth loss is a common oral problem in the elderly. Tooth loss is prone to chewing difficulties, food impaction, maxillary teeth elongation, adjacent teeth inclination and so on. Therefore, no matter how many teeth are missing, dentures should be repaired in time, usually 2~3 months after tooth extraction. Before restoration, the diseases of the remaining teeth should be treated, and alveolar bone and soft tissue should be trimmed if necessary to ensure the quality of restoration.
How to maintain oral health 2 1 oral health status quo
Oral diseases in each country are obviously different. According to the oral epidemiological survey in China, dental caries and periodontal disease are common diseases that cause serious harm to residents' oral cavity. The treatment is difficult, and the treatment time and cost are relatively high.
The shape, texture and color of the hard tissue of tooth decay will change, because the bacteria in the mouth are slowly formed by the fermentation and acid production of sugar contained in food. White spots or black spots on the surface of decayed teeth will gradually form cavities, and they will feel pain after being stimulated to a certain extent; In severe cases, it may even cause severe pain. If effective measures are not taken for treatment and treatment, it is likely to cause tooth damage or gradually turn into residual crowns and roots, or even lose the whole tooth, resulting in chewing disorders and adverse effects on health.
Periodontal disease is a variety of diseases that produce supporting tissues around teeth. The periodontal tissue of teeth is prone to bleeding when it is severely stimulated and traumatized by external forces. Without timely and effective treatment and treatment, there will be alveolar bone absorption, periodontal pocket formation, gingival atrophy, tooth displacement and loosening, and even serious oral odor and periodontal abscess, which will eventually lead to tooth extraction or tooth loss. Therefore, periodontal disease is an important factor leading to adult tooth loss. Therefore, oral health care and dental plaque removal are very important for maintaining oral health.
2 Oral health behavior
In life, we can cope with unhealthy diet and tobacco use and other related risk factors, which can reduce the pressure and burden of chronic diseases such as oral cavity to some extent; Reducing sugar intake and balancing nutrition can avoid dental caries and tooth loss. Reducing alcohol intake and quitting smoking can effectively reduce the risk of periodontal disease, tooth loss and oral cancer. Eating more fresh fruits and vegetables can effectively prevent oral cancer. Keeping a small amount of fluoride in the mouth for a long time has a preventive effect on dental caries. These daily behaviors can not only effectively reduce the risk of oral diseases to a certain extent, but also effectively prevent various complications. Adopting a series of preventive measures and choosing reasonable and healthy oral behavior as far as possible can effectively avoid all kinds of dental diseases, brush your teeth in the morning and evening, and rinse your mouth after meals. Brushing teeth can remove soft dirt, food residue and dental plaque, keep the mouth clean, and then maintain the health of teeth and periodontal tissue. However, within a period of time after brushing, plaque will reattach to the clean tooth surface and form continuously. Especially after falling asleep at night, saliva secretion will decrease, and the self-cleaning effect of oral cavity will also decrease. At this time, bacteria are easy to breed.
3 Oral daily maintenance measures
(1) Let a person brush a cup.
In the same family, everyone's age, physical condition and oral condition are different, so everyone's oral health care needs are different. We should choose the appropriate toothpaste and toothbrush according to everyone's actual situation and change the types of toothpaste on time.
(2) Reasonable selection and use of mouthwash
Rinsing with clear water can effectively remove food residues left in the mouth, but its cleaning power is relatively small and it cannot remove dental plaque. At present, some mouthwashes on the market contain some antibacterial and anti-inflammatory substances, which can maintain oral health and control dental plaque. However, long-term and continuous use of mouthwashes is not recommended, which will have adverse effects on oral flora.
(3) Brush your teeth with horizontal vibration brushing method.
Horizontal vibration brushing is a brushing method that can remove dental plaque in gingival sulcus. Brushing your teeth means brushing slowly. Mastering this method is helpful to remove dental plaque from all tooth surfaces, and can also reduce dental plaque in gingival sulcus and neck.
(4) Floss your teeth or brush your teeth.
The gap between teeth is called tooth gap or adjacent gap, which is easy to leave soft dirt and plaque. Toothbrush bristles for brushing teeth can't completely touch the interdental space. If you can cooperate with toothbrush or dental floss to remove the soft dirt between teeth every year, you can achieve the goal of thoroughly cleaning your teeth.
(5) Eat sugar scientifically and drink less carbonated drinks.
Sugar is an important nutrient element needed by human body, an important source of human energy, a flavoring agent for drinks and various commodities, and an important risk factor for dental caries.