Health and Beauty

Easy Dental Care

Stop Suffering From Dental And Mouth Problems

If you do not want to suffer unnecessarily from dental, gum and mouth problems then taking care of your teeth is very essential. If you have shining white, clean teeth with healthy breath then you will be admired wherever you go. The best part of dental care is you do not have to spend any money for getting good teeth; you can just use some natural ingredients and make a paste out of that, apply it in your home and get shining and white teeth.

Easy dental care means you have to regularly clean and polish the accessible surfaces of the teeth. Instead of buying expensive pastes, you can use natural ingredients like ammonium salts, fluorides, chlorophyll, and clove to make your toothpaste. You should use a toothbrush with short bristles to prevent plaque and calculus accumulation forming on the lingual [inner] surface of the lower anterior teeth and buccal [outer] surface of the upper posterior teeth [molars].

Dental care recipes

You should brush your teeth at bedtime and after breakfast as most of the calculus formation and bacterial activity happens during the night.

Following are the simple recipes that help you care for your teeth:

A mint toothpaste recipe made of baking soda, salt, glycerin and peppermint/wintergreen extract makes your mouth feel fresh at any time.
A lemon mouth wash recipe of vodka, lemon essential oil, distilled water and bergamot essential oil can be used for gargling and mouth rinsing.
Make a super cleanser of hydrogen peroxide and baking soda to rub it gently to get strong gums.

How to brush effectively?

The best way for dental care is to brush your teeth regularly specially after meals. You should regularly visit a dentist and consult him to enjoy strong and healthy teeth. The toothbrush cleans most efficiently when the rounded tips are applied with pressure to the tooth surface. You should brush your teeth in small and circular strokes. This means that the bristles should reach the interdental surfaces.

However, your tooth brushing sequence should be as follows:

Keep your teeth together and first brush the outer surface of the teeth from the rear and towards the front.
Then you should brush the inner surface of the lower teeth.
Then brush the inner surface of the upper teeth
The chewing surface of the teeth should be specially brushed
You should also gently move the toothbrush along the surface of the tongue to remove the extra and adhering plaque deposits on your mouth.

Once you follow these dental care steps you will enjoy a lifetime of strong teeth, healthy gums and fresh breath.

Sean Storey