Whether it’s your children or your parents, looking after their dental health is crucial to their quality of life and their general wellbeing. Looking after dental health is straightforward, brush twice a day, avoid sugary drinks, and visit the dentist twice a year for a check-up and clean.
Brush Twice a Day
Bacteria accumulates on the teeth and gums quickly; that’s because we eat frequently, and the moth is an active part of the body. Most professionals suggest brushing your teeth twice a day, and you notice the difference when you miss a brushing session in the morning or the evening.
Encourage your children to brush their teeth regularly by allowing them to choose their own toothbrush and toothpaste, turn it into a game, or create a reward system. Brushing teeth twice a day will reduce the bacteria and plaque on your family’s teeth, avoiding many dental issues.
Brush for Two Minutes
Brushing teeth twice a day is advisable, but it’s not very useful if your family doesn’t brush thoroughly enough. Again, professionals advise people to brush their teeth for at least two minutes in total. Two minutes is enough time to cover the teeth, gums, and tongue thoroughly.
Two minutes might seem like a short time, but when you are leaning over the sink with a toothbrush counting in seconds, it can feel quite long and get quite boring, so how can you make this an appealing prospect for your children? The answer is to turn it into a game.
Visit a Dentist Regularly
It’s important to maintain the dental health of your family and ensure they don’t encounter toothache and gum disease prematurely. Along with regular daily cleaning, you also need to visit a professional dentist every once in a while. That goes for your parents as well as your children.
If your parents or relatives have partial dentures it’s sensible to visit the dentist twice a year, the same as someone without dentures. Dentures are artificial teeth, and it’s easy to ignore a visit to the dentist, but you still need a professional to check the fit of the dentures and clean them.
Reduce Acidic Drinks
Children love acidic drinks like soda. These drinks have bright colors, cool branding, and are full of sugar, so what’s not to love? The trouble is that acidic drinks like these are very destructive to the enamel of the teeth. Drinking these often creates hyperactivity and destroys teeth quickly.
Of course, you don’t have to prevent your children from drinking acidic drinks altogether; you only have to reduce their consumption. Acidic drinks need to be treated like chocolate bars or bags of sweets and offered as an occasional treat. Remember, fruit juice also contains sugar.
Better Toothpaste
The first and best defense against plaque is the enamel of your teeth, but this can be broken down by consuming sugary drinks regularly. The best toothpaste uses fluoride that links up with calcium and phosphate o the teeth to create a shield against harmful bacteria and sugar.
This is a contributed post.