Dental care necessarily know five common sense

Teeth are the strongest "human organs", but also easy to be ignored.

Question to the teeth ill need "Supplement" to save time, time consuming, expensive and the results may not be ideal. Recently, the United States the reader's Digest magazine pointed teeth health necessarily know five common sense.

Daily flossing.

Dental floss not only to remove food particles between his teeth, but also can prevent many kinds of gum disease, chronic infections that are evoked, increased heart disease, stroke, lung disease risk of bacteria. The latest studies show, brush my teeth, dental floss, and gargle with a three-pronged approach, can reduce 50% of dental plaque.

White filling may not be good.

White synthetic fill material every 10 years to be replaced once, amalgam fillings is able to use 20% of the time. Although some questioned the dental doctor who, but experimental proof, its release of mercury quantity less enough to damage the intelligence, memory, coordination ability or renal function, nor does it increase dementia, multiple sclerosis risk.

Tooth bleaching is safe.

Teeth bleaching agent's main ingredient is Carbamide Peroxide, in the mouth will explode as hydrogen peroxide. The material will only be temporarily increase teeth sensitivity, will not increase the risk of oral cancer. But this method should not be excessive use, so as not to cause damage enamel, tooth decay.

Brush your tongue halitosis.

Bad breath bacteria to decompose described food residues, release sulfur compounds, etc. Clean up the tongue not only to remove food particles formed by "film", at the same time reducing the production of microorganisms of the odor. New York University study found that daily clean up tongue twice, 2 weeks after that bad breath is reduced by 53%.

Regular dental x-rays.

United States Dental Association recommendations, if there is no tooth decay, common dental floss, two or three years for a dental x-rays; if there are oral diseases, to each of the 6-18 months to do it once. Children and adolescents check period should be shorter.

(Edit: Justin Lin, internships)