Dental care and oral hygiene: 6 tips for healthy teeth

Brush your teeth over your teeth for a few minutes in the morning and evening, done: does such good dental care go? Certainly a little more is needed for healthy teeth and healthy gums. But what should I pay attention to? Electrical toothbrush or is a manual toothbrush enough? And do I need dental floss, interdental brushes or mouthwash? Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Veronika Krehn, doctor and dentist as well as training assistant in the subject of oral, jaw and facial surgery in the Hamburg practice Medi-Kiss, gives this to this star Helpful tips for the right dental care.

First of all, it is of course important to know when and how often we should usually brush our teeth. The expert says: “At least twice a day for at least three minutes” should be. And both in the morning and in the evening “best after dinner. Basically, you should wait 30 minutes to brusse to brushing your teeth because of the acidity of the dishes.” On the technology, Krehn explains that the bass technology is the right one, “from red to white. This means that in circular movements from the gums towards teeth and does not put pressure on the gums.” In the meantime there are also helpful apps that show whether the pressure is too high or even too weak.

Whether they reach the manual toothbrush or at the electrical or sound toothbrush depends on a certain factor, says Veronika Krehn: “Hand toothbrushes are good if you master the technology. I recommend one with a soft brush. In the case of electrical or sound toothbrushes, it must be ensured that the brush only leads and not to rub in addition.” Good brushes would do the rest of their own. In addition, there are now also electrical and that can be connected to an app and show how thoroughly is really cleaned and where there is still need for improvement. Such models also indicate whether too much pressure is exerted, as mentioned above. This can be helpful in dental care. This function is particularly practical for electric toothbrushes for children.

In addition to brushing your teeth, it is even more necessary for thorough dental care: “I recommend interdental hygiene three to five times a week, i.e. dental floss alternately with one . “Interdental brushes clean the interdental spaces effectively and are a sensible addition to brushing your teeth. You can even prevent periodontitis, since you effectively remove contamination. It is only important that you choose the right size and test it before which size fits. The colors of the brushes show their size. Oral mucosa. Here it goes to one Mundschusche test.

In addition to brushing your teeth and interdental care at home, it is also advisable to have professional tooth cleaning carried out regularly. “At least twice a year,” advises Veronika Krehn. With increased tartar formation, it is even advisable to have your teeth cleaned professionally several times a year. Anyway, it is always advisable to regularly take care of preventive examinations and not to wait until you feel problems in the mouth.

If you want to avoid discoloration and prevent the teeth or tooth enamel after eating, you can also grab. “Either wait 30 minutes after eating and then brush your teeth or you chew a sugar -free chewing gum for a maximum of five minutes, which neutralizes the dishes,” says Krehn. Of course, sugar chewing gum causes the opposite, so you should definitely do without it and always offer your children the sugar -free variant when the desire for chewing gum arises.

Another tip from the dentist: start dental care early. “It is important that you regularly brush your teeth with small children so that the children get used to it. As soon as they can brush their own teeth, you have to pay attention to technology,” she explains. The dentists can also support: inside. And then it says: stay tuned.