How to brush your teeth with a brush and floss? Video tutorial

We are used to carrying out daily oral hygiene since childhood. A correct, systematic procedure of molar cleansing removes bacterial plaque, even in hard to reach areas of the mouth.

The regular procedure is the key to healthy gums, teeth, nasal mucosa, which makes it possible to minimize and delay a tooth decay.

The technique of using a usual brush

An expensive conventional cleaning device and cosmetic products from a reputable manufacturer do not guarantee that the smile will be sparkling white. Only the correct technique will allow thoroughly to clean the whole mouth.

But above all, you must understand the following thing: the time of the procedure should take no less than three minutes! Most people do not follow the implementation of this important condition.

For maximum cleansing it is necessary to move the tool on a line of growth of molars with short smooth movements, focusing on hard to reach areas, the gums around the teeth and dentures.

Start by cleansing the teeth of the upper jaw, making a rotational motion with a brush from the gums to the teeth, gradually moving deeper into the oral cavity. Likewise treat the lower jaw.

• Continue cleaning the inner surface of the jaw. Often the “other side” is forgotten by not paying enough attention to it. With circular movements, without pressure move the brush starting with the front into depth.
• Install the hygienic device horizontally and proceed to clean the chewing surfaces, both above and below the jaw.
• With smooth movements, clean the surface of the tongue. This removes the accumulated bacteria and freshens the breath.

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Features of a brush selection

There is an incredible amount of the form and content of the brush in stores and drug stores, which put the buyer at a standstill. To choose the right hygienic device, follow these guidelines of dentists:

• choose a brush with soft bristles – they are less traumatic;
• recommended size of a cleaning head is within 30 cm, and its shape is rounded;
• select a device formed of separate bristle tufts. This design has an optimum cleaning surface;
• emphasize your attention on the shape of the handle – it should provide good absorption and comfort during use.

After the hygienic measures, it is necessary to rinse the brush and put upwards for drying the stubble. To change the device is recommended every three – four months.

Electric toothbrush – need or whim

Nothing of today is better than an ordinary manual toothbrush. But if you want to diversify the daily hygiene and treat yourself to a fashionable device, you can let yourself buy it.

The device can serve as a great alternative to a conventional device. Today, there are three types of electrical appliances for dental hygiene:

• Mechanical type with rotational cleaning head. Plaque is removed due to the reciprocating movement and vibration of the cleaning head. To cleanse the gums, tongue special nozzles are added to the package. The cost may vary from 15-75$.
• Sound. Through frequency sound vibrations device excellently fights germs, creating the preconditions for the creation of a healthy microflora of a mucous. The head of the bristles makes up to 20,000 movements per minute, effectively removing food residue and bacterial plaque. High amplitude of the rotational movement can effectively clean the interdental space.

  The device copes with its purpose, cleaning the tooth surface even from hard plaque and even in hard to reach places where a normal brush is impossible to reach. A unique device for oral hygiene and gum massage costs from 10-100$.

• Ultrasound. Besides the fact that the head oscillates to facilitate mechanical removal of deposits, the ultrasonic vibrations do not allow microbes to attach to the enamel surface. The device allows you to effectively clean not only the plaque but also dark spots. The price ranges from 8-88$.

How to use a fashionable device?

Electrical devices effectively fight bacterial plaque. Dentists recommend the use of the head with a soft bristle brush, change them every 4 – 5 months and observe the following recommendations to ensure the efficiency and safety of the procedure:

• Brush first externally and then the inside. Then carefully treat the chewing surfaces; do not force, just let the device perform the functions inherent in it!
• The cleaning head is moved slowly from one to another molar delaying the device 10 – 15 seconds on the treated surface.
• Clean and massage the gums from the outer and the inner side.

Features of a tooth care with the presence of braces

After installing the brackets, you need to pay special attention to hygiene. Around the system plaque actively begins to accumulate, together with it a lot of bacteria. As a result, of the inflammatory process can begin. Although the cleaning procedure becomes more complicated, it is not necessary to deviate from the general hygienic recommendations.

Accessories for cleaning:

• orthodontic brush with a special cutout in the bristles;
• brush designed for cleaning out food debris from under the arches, and braces on the perimeter;
• paste, enriched with minerals;
• plague under brackets is perfectly cleaned with the thread super-floss;
• for cleaning interdental spaces, a special brush is required;
• to improve the efficiency of hygiene an irrigator can be purchased- an orthodontic device for supplying flushing liquid under the pressure.

Now, for the duration of the treatment, appliances for cleaning must become your indispensable companion and helper. Teeth “dressed” in braces should be cleaned very carefully and thoroughly, not less than for 8 – 10 minutes, following these steps:

• Apply a pea-size of toothpaste on the brush. Clean teeth with previously described techniques. For each molar, it is given not less than 15 seconds. Do not forget to treat the chewing surface.
• With the brush tooth movements are up and down, clean the space under the correction system.
• For effective cleaning of the side surfaces and beneath orthodontic device a tooth thread is used.
• The procedure needs to be continued with the special brush, which effectively removes dental plaque at the joints, as well as in the gums.
• The final stage is rinsing.

Regularly visit your orthodontist and follow all his recommendations!

Floss (dental floss) – terms of usage

To help to maintain the health of teeth and gums a floss or a dental thread is to be used after mechanical cleaning. The thread is designed to clean between the teeth and with regular use effectively prevents tooth decay. Many people do not use a thread for daily hygienic measures because they do not know how to use and how to choose.

Most of the floss are impregnated with special liquid based on medical herbs that provide the antiseptic and healing effects.

The production of silk, nylon, teflon is used. The threads of silk have excellent hygienic characteristics but are subjects to frequent breaks. Floss of nylon and teflon are rarely torn, but in terms of price-quality nylon is preferable.

Also sanitary fixtures are waxed and not waxed. Waxed thread is moving and smooth, so to acquire the skills it is necessary to begin with it. In the future, it is recommended to use not waxed dental floss – they much more effectively clean bacterial plaque and food debris.

How to clean

Choose a convenient time for you and slowly proceed with the procedure. Do not worry if the gums begin to bleed. As you gain skills discomfort will be reduced to a minimum.

• Wrap the floss around the middle fingers of both hands, leaving about 5 – 10 cm in the middle, for a work surface and pull it;
• Carefully pass the thread into the interdental space in such a way so it does not damage the gums;
• Push the floss to the surface of the tooth and rub it gently shifting thread up – down;
• Then proceed to the cleaning of the lateral surface of the adjacent molars;
• Applying the described tactics, clean all interdental spaces. Going to new sites, use a clean piece of a floss.

The main rule is not to press hard on the thread, in order to avoid damaging the enamel!

Teaching children

Even the kid having first teeth needs oral health care. If the child is too young to use a brush, the teeth and gums should gently be cleaned with special napkins, which can be purchased at a drug store.

The procedure should be taught for a child consistently and patiently. This is a guarantee of the absence of negative emotions when you visit a dentist in the future.

The first brush

At the age of two years comes the time to teach a child to a brush. In such a tender age, the kid is able to concentrate on the task not more than for a minute. Children must like an instrument for kids – then hygienic measures will take place with pleasure as the device does not injure and cause negative emotions.

Immature children’s teeth should be cleaned with a conventional manual brush. It should have:

• Soft bristles;
• Small head;
• Rugged, ergonomic handle.

As long as the child cannot itself carry out the procedure, it should be carried out by the parents. Hold the brush as a ballpoint pen. Gently, with smooth circular motions clean the teeth. Do not forget about chewing surfaces, gums and tongue. Brush your teeth together with your child – let him see how you hold hygiene.

Now that you know what are the brushes and how to perform daily hygiene of oral cavity, it is important to maintain discipline and make the process regular. This is the most reliable and comfortable way to save the health of gums, teeth and body for a long time.