September 20th, 2008 by admin

Your teeth are an essential part of your body. Neglect of your teeth reflects on your general health. Take good care of your teeth and they will take good care of you. Dental carries is the most common disease of the oral cavity affectzing all the age groups of human beings, followed closely by the diseases of the gums.

Cavities and gum disease responsible for losses and dental care painful and expensive can be prevented by a relatively simple everyday dental hygiene. Do not hesitate to ask your dentist.

Even if we are more respectful of our dental hygiene, some progress is still possible. What are the rules essential to good dental health?

The teeth, you brush after every meal

The plaque, whitish deposit where bacteria proliferate, are at the root caries and inflammation of the gums. As she is recovering in a few hours, it is essential to eliminate by brushing at least twice daily.

A toothbrush bristle flexible nylon, you choose and change every three months

A toothbrush lasts risk of injuring the gums and damage the enamel of teeth. A worn toothbrush is more effective. Electric toothbrushes can be advantageously used, if in the end change regularly.

The proper technique, you use

Ask the toothbrush inclined at 45 degrees straddling the teeth and gums and brush along the teeth and gums, upper and lower jaw separately, ranging from gum to the tooth, with a rotation , For three minutes.

Brushing you completed by the silk thread

Using a wire dental floss, in addition to brushing helps remove plaque in the front side of teeth. For people with teeth or prosthetic Discalced leaving spaces inaccessible to the brush, it is important to use sticks or inter-dental brush, to remove dental plaque at the base of teeth and stimulate gums. The air jet are also useful in these cases to remove food debris and massaging the gums.

The dentist, you annual consultations

An annual visit to the dentist can detect caries-time start and will be an opportunity to practice scaling to remove plaque. Two sessions scalers are reimbursed by social security. But sometimes more is needed. If the plaque is not detected in time, it develops in depth and form a pocket between the base of the tooth and gum, which may cause, eventually, loosening teeth. At this stage, curettage under local anesthesia is necessary. This is not reimbursed by social security (price: 69 to 92 € uros per session).