How To Brush Your Teeth Properly

All of us can brush our teeth, but not all of us understand how to brush the teeth correctly. Most people brushes their teeth with the wrong direction with the left to right movement while the correct way is up to down which we call a red-white movement.

Correct brushing can prevent tooth decay and gum diseases. While brushing is a part of a person's daily routine, many are not even aware that they have been doing it the wrong way.

Before we go to the right ways, we should know it first, about the benefits of brush the teeth and the result when you don’t brush your teeth. 

The benefits of regular brushing are :

1.    Preventing cavities

2.    Refreshing breath

3.    Becoming more confident

4.    Familiarize eat breakfast at home because it had to brush my teeth in the morning

5.    Creating healthier teeth and body

6.    Being more efficient, because avoid diseases teeth and mouth should be treated as soon as possible

7.    Activity is more vigor and focus

As a result of not brushing your teeth :

1.    Cavities. Germs and bacteria are rarely cleaned clearly made a hole in the tooth. Not just hurts, chew food becomes incomplete if the teeth a lot of holes.

2.    Heart disease. Including coronary heart disease, heart attack, and heart failure, all types of life-threatening heart disease if lazy to brush your teeth and maintaining oral hygiene.

3.    Respiratory disorders. Lazy to brush my teeth apparently affects the lungs. Various diseases associated with respiratory problems arise. For example asthma, infections, lung cancer, and others.

4.    Clogged blood vessels. Lazy maintain the cleanliness of your teeth and gums can also create plaque gather in blood vessel walls. As a result, blood flow becomes slower or even stop completely.

5.    Bleeding gums. Infection of the tissue and bone that support the teeth can occur if the contents of the mouth rarely cleaned. Also prone to bleeding gums and cause the infection.

And the right way of brush the teeth described are:

1.    Your toothbrush should have soft and round-ended bristles. You should use a toothbrush that can cover 2 to 3 teeth per stroke. Pre-moisten the toothbrush and use a small amount of fluoridated toothpaste. 

2.  Brush your teeth while is tilted and turned at an angle of 45 degrees. Move the toothbrush in small circular motions, with this circular motion, slowly move forward towards the front teeth.

3.  In the front teeth, the part of the teeth where plaque often accumulates, eliminate the bad habit of brushing with the left-right movement. Correct movement is the up and down, from the gums to the teeth.

4.  Brush your teeth gently to help reduce plaque and stimulate gums. Do massage gums to facilitate the circulation of blood.

5.    Next, place the toothbrush bristles on the chewing surfaces of the teeth (known in the dental world as the occlusal surface).

6.    Move the toothbrush back in forth in a "scrubbing motion". Be sure to brush the chewing surfaces of all teeth, even the front teeth.

7.    Open your mouth wide and brush the surface of the tongue and inner cheeks. This is an important step because dirt can be the causes of bad breath. 

8.  Rinse your toothbrush and brush your teeth two times a day.

  

Once you realize that oral care actually begins with having an excellent daily routine of proper brushing, you'll be surprised at how simple it is to maintain a healthy oral and dental condition.