Preventive Dental Care
There are a few simple steps to keep up with the good hygiene: brush teeth at least twice a day with fluoride toothpaste, keeping food particles and plaque from the surfaces of your teeth. Also brush the surface of your tongue which makes your breath fresher. Flossing keeps food particles away between the teeth.
- Brushing Instructions
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Brushing: Step 1
Place your toothbrush at a 45-degree angle to your gum. Bristles should contact both gumline and the the tooth surface.
Brushing: Step 2
Gently brush the outer tooth surfaces using a vibrating back & forth rolling motion.
Brushing: Step 3
Brush the outer, inner, and chewing surfaces of each tooth. Maintain a 45-degree angle.
Brushing: Step 4
Use the tip of your brush for the inner surface of your front teeth.Make several up and down strokes
Brushing: Step 5
Cleaning the biting surface of the teeth.
- Flossing Instructions
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Flossing
- Wind about 12 to 18 inches of floss around your fingers. Most of it should be wrapped around one finger, and the other finger takes it up as the floss is used.
- Saw the floss genetly between your teeth. Cuve the floss into a "C" shape and genetly slide up and down against the teath.
