8 simple dental care tips that are surprisingly effective

1. Don’t brush your teeth right after eating fruit

With high vitamin C and acid content, fruit or fruit juice has the ability to destroy your tooth enamel. Brushing your teeth right after consuming these foods helps speed up the destruction process. Therefore, according to the advice of the dentist, you should brush your teeth after using the above foods and drinks for at least 30 minutes.

2. Start brushing the hardest spots

Brushing should start with the hardest areas and end with the easiest. This means you should start with the inner surface of the tooth, work your way out, repeat with the outer surface, and finally the chewing surface.

3. Use mouthwash regularly

Mouthwash cannot replace brushing and flossing. However, it also enhances the strength of teeth and gums. To get the most benefit, you should avoid eating or drinking for 30 minutes after rinsing your mouth.

4. Chew sugar-free gum

Chewing gum after eating helps promote salivation in the oral cavity, neutralize acids, supplement calcium and phosphate, thereby remineralizing tooth enamel, strengthening enamel, and reducing tooth sensitivity. However, you need to pay attention to choose and use sugar-free gum because sugar is a source of life for harmful bacteria in the oral cavity.

5. Use a soft-bristled brush

Hard bristle brushes are easy to wear and damage gums and teeth if used regularly. Therefore, you should choose a soft-bristled brush that has been certified for safety and effectiveness for the best use.

6. Don’t brush your teeth too often

We should brush our teeth twice a day and should not brush less or more than that frequency because it can make the oral cavity not clean enough or damage the teeth. In addition, if you brush too often, your teeth will easily turn yellow because the enamel layer wears away revealing the yellow dentin inside.

7. Drink water regularly

Just like saliva, water has the ability to keep your oral cavity clean and at the same time helps dilute the acid caused by bacteria in the mouth.

8. Eat fresh, crunchy, high-fiber foods

Fiber-rich fresh fruits, vegetables and nuts are the top foods for your oral health. They work to clean teeth, stimulate saliva production and reduce the growth of bacteria.

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