Most people in clinics ask me about which toothpaste to use,
First of all you can use any normal toothpaste if you don’t have any oral health problems like gingivitis or periodontitis, we don’t take medicine in the fear of disease, we take it when actual disease arrives. So don’t use any medicated toothpaste, until you don’t have and oral disease.
Second and most important thing is the brushing technique that matters the most, many of us are brushing wrong since childhood, even I myself did it wrong before going to dental school. Brushing harder doesn’t mean brushing better.
Modified Bass Technique, is used for as correct brushing technique, it includes
Place the bristle at 45° angle towards the gums.
Take 3 teeth at a time, back and forth motion 20 times and than sweep down.
Don’t forget lingual and palatal surfaces of Teeth, do it in circular or vibratory motions, try to reach all the surface
Use Floss, don’t forget to clean your tongue.
Tell me how many of us were brushing right. At what age we come to know about correct brushing technique.
MBH/AB
