Everyone wants a beautiful, healthy smile, and the first step of having healthy teeth and gum is a proper brushing technique. It also lessens the risk of tooth decay and gum disease, leading to tooth loss. It is best to ask your dentist for their recommendation and be sure to follow their instructions.

“What are the main toothbrushing mistakes?”

First, there are some mistakes you should avoid in order to have a proper oral hygiene routine. As easy as it may seem to do, very few of us brush our teeth as well as we can. Here are some of the mistakes:

1.Picking the wrong brush
Make sure your brush can cover the places that need covering. That’s everywhere you should be able to reach with a toothbrush. It doesn’t matter if it is a power toothbrush or a manual one as long as it has soft bristles. The bristles need to be able to bend, to kind of get right under that gum. Moreover, the size of the brush’s head is important. Brushes also have various sizes of handles and different angles. Some are more flexible than others.

2.Brushing too hard
One of the most significant issues people have is that they try to scrub their teeth too hard. The plaque is soft and loose, so you should not scrub it.

3.Forgetting the gum line
Bacteria often hang out where your tooth meets your gum. Brushing your teeth means you have to brush your whole tooth. Or at least everything you can get to with your brush. And that includes just under the gum.

“What toothbrush and toothpaste should you use?”

An effective oral hygiene routine starts with a few simple steps. First of all, use fluoride toothpaste with a soft-bristle toothbrush, and replace it every three months. Brush your teeth for at least two minutes both morning and night using a recommended brushing technique, including 30 seconds of brushing each section of your mouth (upper right, upper left, lower right and lower left).

“How should you position your toothbrush?”

The way you hold the toothbrush depends on which part of the tooth you’re brushing. First, start with the outer and inner surfaces. And place your toothbrush at a 45-degree angle to your gums. Brush up and down on the front and back surface, then move the brush back and forth in short strokes. Brush each quadrant of your mouth for at least 30 seconds. Then brush the chewing surfaces of the teeth. Hold the brush flat and brush back and forth along these surfaces.

After that, get to the inside surfaces of your front teeth, tilt the brush vertically and use gentle up-and-down strokes with the tip of the brush. Make sure that you are brushing the gum line gently. Finally, brush your tongue in a back-to-front sweeping motion to remove food particles and help remove odour-causing bacteria to freshen your breath. The back areas of your mouth can be notoriously more challenging to reach with the brush, so spending a little extra time brushing those areas will make sure that your mouth is perfectly clean.

“What is the proper flossing technique?”

First, floss your teeth and then brush your teeth; it’s better to do it before bed. Flossing drags out particles of food that hide between teeth, and brushing can be more effective since it helps loosen plaque. To floss correctly, use about 18 inches of floss. In this way, you have a clean piece of floss on each tooth in the cleaning process. You can curve the floss into a C-shape as you slide it up and down along the side of each tooth. Make sure to floss the backsides of your back teeth on both the left and right of the upper and lower teeth.

Proper brushing and flossing techniques as part of your daily oral care routine are some of the easiest things you can do to maintain the health of your teeth and gums.
Our main goal is to make sure that your smile lasts a lifetime, so if you have any questions about your daily oral care routine and how to improve it, contact us. We’ll be happy to help. We at Clove dental practices advise you to come in for your regularly scheduled check-ins and cleaning with us to make sure that your mouth stays as healthy as can be.