5 myths about healthy teeth

Traditional dental postulates like that the teeth should be cleaned regularly and daily use of dental floss, as it turns out, can lead to health problems of the teeth. The fact that not all truths in relation to dental care are correct, verified by scientists from the University of Gothenburg.

In particular, experts believe the erroneous theory that the teeth should be brushed necessarily immediately after a meal. Carefully cleaning the teeth from food remains at such a moment, we have to abate them, and they suffered while eating enamel. Researchers at the British Dental Foundation found that brushing your teeth you need only an hour after eating. "During this time, the saliva will start restoring the tooth protection, and the brush will not be terrible" - they explain.

However, staff at the University of Gothenburg have gone further. Their study showed that a toothbrush should be used not at each cleaning. According to the head of the relevant survey Anne Nordstrom should not just brush your teeth and fingers to rub toothpaste in the gums after the lunch meal. Using fingers instead of brushes can significantly reduce the risk of caries, and experience with 16 volunteers confirmed that rubbing paste into the teeth as effectively as a full cleaning. True experts caution that the morning and evening, the teeth still need to brush.

Intrigued by this study, we decided to find out what other dental truth appeared rejected by modern science.

MOUTHWASH required?

In fact, this product - no more than an imposed marketers excess.

"If you brush your teeth twice a day for two minutes, using liquid fabric softener mouth - just drain money from her purse - said Professor Paul Brunton of the Dental Institute at the University of Leeds (UK). - Softener helps to remove food residue from the teeth, but the same effect can be achieved by a strip of the mouth with plain water. "

Electrobrushes better than normal?

Yes, more efficient than conventional - as much as 45%. But "those that move back and forth, rotate and vibrate at the same time", while the rest - just a waste of money. The more movement the better.

Without flossing can not do?

"For patients with gingival recession (when the gum is slipping from the tooth, exposing the root), which are counter-thread" - says Dr. Rebecca Craven of the Dental School, University of Manchester. So people better use interdental brushes.

Sugar spoils your teeth?

Actually not. For teeth are important not the sweetness, and the time of exposure of sugar on your teeth. Lollipops and sodas are in the mouth for a long time, because the enamel is subjected to acids and bacteria. Sweet tooth must be as often as possible to rinse your mouth with clean water.

Teeth fall out just as a child?

At older ages, because of problems with the gums begin the destruction of the roots of the tooth. Drugs such as antidepressants, diuretics and sedatives increase the risk of tooth decay, as it reduces saliva production, cleaning and decontaminating the oral cavity. Even after forty years increases the risk of diabetes associated with the deterioration of the gums.

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