Dental Care

Dental care can prevent most of dental conditions like pain, foul odour, toothache, weak teeth, loss of teeth, bleeding gums, staining and discolouration of teeth. Good dental practices instilled early on in life can make dental hygiene a practice and prevent these conditions.

Brush your teeth twice daily, once in the morning and once at night. Brushing at night is particularly important because the microorganisms may work actively on food particles and cause considerable decay in the long run.

After every meal rinse your mouth thoroughly. Take in water and swish it in the mouth so that it reaches all corners and gaps and removes food particles from crevices and corners. This will reduce the bacterial action and consequently prevent tooth decay and foul smell.

Use a brush with the right quality of shape and bristles. Using the right shape of the brush will help it to reach the inner areas of the mouth and clean the set of teeth inside. Use soft or hard bristles depending upon the strength of your gums. Brushing with hard bristles may cause gums to bleed. Brushing with hard bristles does not mean better cleaning of teeth.

Do not brush in haste. Focus on brushing your teeth well. Do not leave out the inner teeth or teeth below and brush just the outer/exposed surface of the teeth. At the same time, move the brush in such a way that it brushes the teeth and not the gums.

Limit the intake of sweets for reducing decay. Do not eat chocolates or food stuff like chips, wafers that stick on to the teeth. This will increase the bacterial action.

For strong tooth eat food comprising calcium (i.e. milk and milk products) and also raw vegetables, green leafy vegetables and whole grains.

To prevent discolouration of teeth, reduce intake of alcohol, black coffee/tea and artificially coloured/flavoured beverages. Rinse your mouth after drinking any of these items.