Choosing a Toothbrush-Points to remember

For your dental health, toothbrush has got greater importance than a tooth paste as suggested by the dentists.The selection criteria for the toothbrush for most people is its design and color.But these has got no  importance in cleansing your teeth as claimed by the toothbrush manufacturers.

The most popular disbelief among the people is about the powered or electric tooth brush, in which they think that the electric tooth brush will help in better cleansing of the teeth.Actually powered tooth brush will make the process easier but there is no evidence to suggest that they are significantly better at cleaning your teeth than a normal tooth brush.

Selecting a tooth brush

  • Buy tooth brush which have soft bristles since hard bristles will tend to cause gingival recession.Soft bristles are flexible and helps to clean beneath the gingival margin and also protect your gums from damaging.
  • The head of the tooth brush must be small that helps you to clean all areas of the teeth and inner mouth with much ease.
  • The handle should allow comfortable gripping
  • The shape of the neck or handle does not play any significant role in the quality of the toothbrush eventhough as it is claimed by the manufacturers.
  • Powered tooth brush doesn’t have any advantage over manual tooth brush.Powered or electric tooth brush should be used for handicapped or bedridden patients,children etc.So this kind of tooth brush is selected on mere personal choice.

Replacing a tooth brush

  • A tooth brush must be replaced every 3 months or when the bristles start to wear, which ever comes first.
  • Overzealous brushing especially by children must be discouraged as it causes the bristles to wear off and moreover it causes gingival recession, bacteremia, painful ulceration of the gingiva.
  • There are a few color coded tooth brushes in the market which indicates the replacement time for toothbrushes by fading the color.The color code in the tooth brush is produced by a dye.
  • An another important point to remember is that you have to replace your tooth brush after you were infected with infections like cold,flu,sore throat or mouth infection.The microbes can accumulate on the brush leading to reinfection.
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admin on August 6th 2009 in Dental health care

One Response to “Choosing a Toothbrush-Points to remember”

  1. The dental “Bass Method” brushing technique | Teeth Braces Reviews responded on 12 Aug 2009 at 11:55 pm #

    [...] Bass Method brushing technique also protects the gums from gingivitis since the food particles are moved away from the gum line.Although this method is very effective, it is very difficult to follow with manual as well as power toothbrushes [...]

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