How to floss/brush teeth
Discussion
How do you floss once you have gone pass the teeth and the floss is in place? This is what I have been told:
HYGENIST - up and down - this scrapes food off the teeth.
DENTIST - side to side - if you go up and down then you can push food into the gums. And if you go too high you can cut into the gums and cause more problems.
Who is right? I can see the logic in both their arguments. General evidence on the net seems to agree with the dentist but the hygenist works with a periodontist (a very experienced and expensive one) so I assume she also knows her stuff - and of course works with gum specialists.
On a related note - the Hygenist (and Periodontist) recommended I brush in up strokes not in circles (manual brush). When I queried this they said it was a better way to prevent recession. I have to say I find this way of brushing much easier.
HYGENIST - up and down - this scrapes food off the teeth.
DENTIST - side to side - if you go up and down then you can push food into the gums. And if you go too high you can cut into the gums and cause more problems.
Who is right? I can see the logic in both their arguments. General evidence on the net seems to agree with the dentist but the hygenist works with a periodontist (a very experienced and expensive one) so I assume she also knows her stuff - and of course works with gum specialists.
On a related note - the Hygenist (and Periodontist) recommended I brush in up strokes not in circles (manual brush). When I queried this they said it was a better way to prevent recession. I have to say I find this way of brushing much easier.
Flossers Make Better Lovers-New Research Shows!
New research from Turkey confirms what dentists have always suspected - men who floss are better in bed. Men in their thirties with severe gum disease were found to be three times more likely to suffer erection problems.
Why would this be? If you have gum disease you have thousands of tiny ulcers in the grooves between your gums and your teeth .Bacteria enter your bloodstream through these minute openings and affect your blood vessels-and poor blood flow means poor erections!
Oral hygiene is important because gum disease is also linked to heart disease, diabetes, low birth weight and pre-term babies and other inflammatory diseases.
In answer - floss up and down.
Brush small circles - but an electric toothbrush is better.
New research from Turkey confirms what dentists have always suspected - men who floss are better in bed. Men in their thirties with severe gum disease were found to be three times more likely to suffer erection problems.
Why would this be? If you have gum disease you have thousands of tiny ulcers in the grooves between your gums and your teeth .Bacteria enter your bloodstream through these minute openings and affect your blood vessels-and poor blood flow means poor erections!
Oral hygiene is important because gum disease is also linked to heart disease, diabetes, low birth weight and pre-term babies and other inflammatory diseases.
In answer - floss up and down.
Brush small circles - but an electric toothbrush is better.
You are hilarious!grumbledoak said:
I was going to recommend the Oral B brushes - a fantastic bit of kit. Buy the £9.99 2xAA ones online to avoid getting yet another charger, they work fine with rechargeable batteries.
I must try those sonic jobbies.
There was a bit of blood at first, the sonic brush makes your head vibrate! However now my mouth feels more 'robust' (it's hard to describe)I must try those sonic jobbies.
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