brushing makes teeth healthy

Daily brushing makes teeth healthy


“A tooth in socket is worth like as diamond in pocket”

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In fact, a healthy tooth in the mouth is worth even more than a diamond: a diamond can be bought with money but a tooth, once lost, can never be got again. There is nothing like a natural tooth; this realisation in fact comes only when one starts losing them. A clean neat tooth will stay healthy in the mouth, whereas a dirty tooth will develop dental cavities and gum (periodontal) disease, leading ultimately to its loss. The most important measure to keep teeth healthy is to clean them every day; a tooth brush, dental floss and inter-dental brush are required.

First of all, why do we brush? The main concept behind brushing is to reduce the number of bacteria (micro-organisms) in the mouth. Are bacteria really present in our mouth? The answer is “yes”. Bacteria stick on the teeth in large numbers and their collection on the teeth is called dental plaque. Using a colouring dye, the dental plaque on the teeth can be seen with the naked eye.

If the number of bacteria is less in the mouth, most of these would be oxygen loving bacteria (i.e. aerobic), which are not harmful. However, as they multiply and the total number of bacteria increases, they pile on one another. There is resultant depletion of oxygen and not enough for all. With the result, facultative and anaerobic organisms — the bacteria that can live and multiply in limited or in the absence of oxygen — take birth. These bacteria are harmful for the teeth and gums and produce cavities and gum/periodontal disease.

Brushing reduces the population of bacteria to low levels and then the environment in the mouth and around teeth remains aerobic and anaerobic bacteria do not get favourable conditions to arise and grow. Half-hearted and insufficient brushing does not make sense as the bacteria will get dislodged from one surface and deposited at another surface. So, for that reason even repeated brushing, five to six times or even more, cannot keep the bacterial population low.

In the normal brushing routine, if one is using tooth paste, one cannot brush for more than one or two minutes as the mouth becomes filled with foam and one gets a feeling that one has brushed thoroughly well. The minimum time required for brushing is five minutes: dry your brush first without tooth paste and as the mouth becomes filled with spit, it can be spat out; this is continued. This way the bacteria are dislodged slowly and thrown out of the mouth along with each spit.

After this, apply tooth paste and brush again for 20 to 40 seconds. One can also use the toothpaste twice to get a good effect. It is like greasy hands get cleaner after second scrub with soap.

A question that is often asked is: would over-brushing lead to wearing out of enamel? The answer is “no”. Enamel is the hardest substance in the human body with a mineral content of 96 per cent, and brushing will not erode it. The recommendation is to use a soft brush and repeated movements. Just remember to brush all the sides of teeth — outer that face the cheeks and lips and inner facing the tongue.

The time of brushing is very important, after dinner and breakfast are the best times. Of these two timings, at least once a day thorough brushing of a five-minute duration should be done, and the ideal time for this is after dinner.

Thorough brushing at night time is important because the mouth remains closed at night during sleep, the salivary secretions lessen and the mouth acts as an ideal incubator for multiplication of bacteria. So, if their number is reduced to the minimum at bed time before sleep, the bacterial counts in the mouth in the morning will not be large enough to cause dental disease. If one has skipped thorough brushing at night, it may be performed any time of the day. It also helps to keep the mouth fresh.

Then what are you thinking , don't think do brush daily