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Good oral hygiene is important
With good oral hygiene keeps your teeth and gums healthy. Twice a day for two minutes brushing your teeth with fluoride toothpaste forms the basis. With a toothbrush only allows you the space between your teeth do not always clean. For this example, use dental floss.
Plaque
On and between the teeth creates plaque. To keep your mouth healthy, you should remove it barely visible, white-yellowish coating. Dental plaque consists mainly of bacteria and products by bacteria. If you do not regularly removes the plaque, the bacteria can cause gum disease and cavities. Not removed plaque will harden and calcify into tartar. Attaches easily to scale new plaque. The gums can become inflamed more and more. The inflammation can spread and affect the underlying jawbone. Ultimately, there is so much jawbone disappear that your teeth will be loose.
Removing plaque between teeth with floss
In order to remove plaque from between your teeth, you can use different tools, namely dental floss, toothpicks or interdental brushes. Talk to your dentist or hygienist which instrument is most suitable for you. Use once a day as a dental floss between the space is very narrow. For larger gaps better to use toothpicks. Is the gap too big for a toothpick? Use brushes.
What floss should I use?
Floss is available in different types and thicknesses, with and without wax layer. Some people prefer to use a flossboogje. Talk with your dentist which dental floss can be used best.
In the beginning, the use of dental floss can be difficult and painful. The gums are then bleed easily because it is inflamed. If you daily flosst, inflammation and thus disappears bleeding. Furthermore, the use is less painful. Bleeding gums may also be the result of an incorrect technique. If the bleeding is not less or worse? Then go to your dentist or hygienist.