Brushing your teeth once a day after getting up and before going to bed can effectively remove bacteria in your mouth, prevent the formation of dental plaque and protect your oral health.
Second, brushing your teeth before going to bed at night is more important than brushing your teeth in the morning.
Saliva can wash away bacteria and inhibit their reproduction. After people fall asleep, saliva secretion will decrease, food residues will ferment rapidly under the action of bacteria, and the acid produced by bacteria can not be neutralized after saliva reduction, so teeth are easily corroded, leading to dental caries over time. So brushing your teeth before going to bed and not eating anything after brushing your teeth can maintain oral hygiene overnight.
Third, brushing your teeth should start when the first tooth erupts.
When the baby sprouts his first tooth, parents will start brushing his teeth. Let the child lie flat, parents wash their hands, fix the child with one hand, wrap gauze or toothbrush with finger cover on the index finger of the other hand, wet it with warm water and gently wipe it on the tooth surface.
1 year-old, you can start to practice brushing your child's teeth with a small soft toothbrush. 1 year and a half, because the deciduous teeth began to erupt, gauze could no longer clean the bacteria in the pit and fissure, and it was necessary to start brushing the children's teeth with a toothbrush. 2-3 years old, children can learn to brush their teeth by themselves.
4. Using fluoride toothpaste can effectively prevent dental caries.
It is enough to use pea-sized toothpaste every time you brush your teeth. However, when children just learn to brush their teeth, it is best not to use toothpaste. First, give children fluoride-free toothpaste to prevent them from swallowing it by mistake. When children can gargle normally, they can use fluoride toothpaste for children to help remove dental plaque.
Five, children's brushing methods
Using a soft-haired health toothbrush, the bristles of the toothbrush are placed at the junction of teeth and gums, pointing to the direction of the root, making an angle of 45 degrees with the tooth surface, vibrating horizontally in situ, and then brushing vertically along the teeth. You can also brush all parts of the teeth in a certain order by drawing a circle on the pressing surface.
Six, adult brushing methods
Brushing your teeth in the bath is currently recognized as a method of brushing your teeth. The specific steps are as follows: put the toothbrush bristles at the junction of teeth and gums, with the bristles pointing in the direction of root and forming a 45-degree angle with the tooth surface, so that one part of the toothbrush bristles will enter the gingival sulcus, and the other part will be spread on the gingival margin, reaching into the adjacent space as far as possible.
The bristles vibrate horizontally for a short distance in the front and back direction 10 times (the toothbrush moves about 1mm when vibrating, and brushes 2- 3 teeth each time); Move the toothbrush to the next set of teeth, and be careful not to miss any teeth; The effect of brushing teeth on the maxillofacial region is to press the bristles tightly on the maxillofacial region and vibrate in the direction of the anterior and posterior teeth; When brushing the inside of the front teeth, erect the toothbrush; Brush the chewing surface back and forth.
Seven, brushing time and toothbrush replacement
In general, it takes 2-3 minutes to brush your teeth carefully. Toothbrushes generally need to be replaced once every three months. Once the bristles are found to be sparse, inverted and discolored, please replace them immediately.
Eight, promote the use of dental floss.
Brushing teeth can remove 85% of dental plaque on the surface of teeth, but it can't remove dental plaque on the adjacent surface of teeth. Flossing is the best way to remove dental plaque between teeth. For most people, flossing once a day is enough. The best time to use flossing is to sleep after dinner. After flossing, be sure to rinse your mouth and rinse off the fallen debris.
Be sure to rinse your mouth after meals.
After eating every time, especially after eating sweets, you should drink boiled water to rinse your mouth in time to prevent food residues from hurting your teeth. Every time the baby drinks milk, he should give the baby a few mouthfuls of boiled water to clean his mouth and protect his teeth.
Ten, promote the use of mouthwash.
The ability to remove dental plaque by rinsing with clear water is weak. Mouthwash can not only clean the oral cavity by mechanical pulse, but also be used as a drug carrier to deliver antibacterial agents to all parts of the oral cavity, thus playing a certain role in assisting in controlling dental plaque and maintaining oral health.
Eleven, careful use of toothpicks
Toothpicks are mainly suitable for people with shrinking gums and sparse teeth. When using toothpicks, you should choose toothpicks with flat or triangular cross sections, which are of good quality and not easy to break. When using toothpicks, the pressure should not be too high to avoid damaging the gums.
Twelve, chewing sugar-free gum to reduce oral acidity.
Sugar-free chewing gum can remove food residues, stimulate saliva secretion, neutralize acidic substances, reduce dental plaque, inhibit cariogenic bacteria and play a certain role in preventing caries. The suitable chewing time of sugar-free chewing gum is about 20 minutes.