Toothbrush
A brush that is large enough to easily reach every area and surface of your teeth should be used.
The ideal brush for removing bacterial plaque and attachments from the teeth is a tooth whose bristles are soft and rounded, and whose head is not large.
The advantage of the small-headed brush is; It provides easy access to every part of the mouth. Brushes with unrounded bristles scratch your teeth and cause long-term wear.
Whether or not to use an electric toothbrush is a completely personal choice. It is possible to clean effectively with an electric or normal toothbrush. Those who have difficulty using a normal toothbrush or think that they cannot clean adequately can feel comfortable with an electric toothbrush.
Your dentist can help you determine which type of toothbrush is more suitable for you.
The toothbrush should be renewed every three months.
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Tooth Brushing Technique
•For effective teeth cleaning, brushing should be done for a minimum of 2 minutes. You can use a stopwatch or hourglass until you get used to adjusting the sufficient brushing time.
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• You do not have to brush your teeth in the bathroom.
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• Although the tooth surface is hard, teeth cannot be brushed like wooden brushes.
Pressing the teeth too much while brushing does not mean a better cleaning.
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• Excessive pressure while brushing the teeth causes abrasions on the tooth surfaces and injuries to the gums.
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• It is necessary to pay special attention to the tooth-gum border during the brushing process. Most of the attachments accumulate in this line.
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• In today's widely accepted tooth brushing technique, the bristles of the toothbrush are placed at a 45 ° angle to the gum line and made sweeping movements, circular movements or Cleaning is done with short back and forth movements (about the length of one tooth).
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• Teeth should be brushed twice a day. Brushing your teeth more than three times a day can do more harm than good. Abrasions on your teeth and damage to your gums may occur.
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• Clean your tongue for a clean breath. The upper surface of our teeth should also be brushed.
How to brush
Interface cleaning with dental floss
Tooth brushing is just a part of oral care. . It is absolutely necessary to clean the interface daily with dental floss. Ultimately, the toothbrush cannot reach the interfaces of the teeth facing each other. The bacterial plaque on these interfaces hardens over time, resulting in the formation of tartar.
Teeth contact and lower areas should be cleaned with dental floss at least once a day.
In this way, while keeping your gum health at an optimum level, tooth decay that may occur at the interfaces is prevented.
Dental floss technique
About 45 mm of the floss is cut off. Most of the torn rope is wrapped around the middle finger of one hand.
The remaining part is wrapped around the middle finger of the other hand. As you clean between the teeth, the dirty parts are wrapped around this other finger.
Let's hold the dental floss tightly between my index finger and thumb.
The floss is inserted between the teeth by moving it back and forth with gentle movements. Dental floss should never be inserted between the teeth using a pressing motion from above. This movement causes gum damage. When the floss reaches the gum line, it is held tightly on the tooth surface in the shape of the letter "C". The intermediate area is cleaned with forward-backward and slight up-down movements. The back surface of the last work should not be forgotten.
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