How Often Should You Brush Your Teeth
74Women does it better than men. Teeth should be brushed at least twice a day or after every meal. Brush your teeth before you go to bed and after you get off the bed in the morning.
A daily routine of brushing and regular dental checkups is enough to prevent tooth decay and gum disease.
You should brush your teeth well for no less than three minutes and your brush should be replaced once every three months.
And I wonder, should the teeth of other animals like cats, dogs and horses be brushed?
In the distant past, people used to brush their teeth using baking soda. Today there are many books on frugality and many of these books will mention that brushing your teeth with baking soda is money saving tip. A box of baking soda costs just a few cents. You can get a thousand brushes out of this box which will translate to less than a penny to brush one time.
But how do you brush teeth using baking soda?
1. You can create a paste from the baking soda by mixing the baking soda with a little water until you get a paste-like fluid.
2. You can put the baking soda powder directly on your brush and just start brushing and your saliva will create the paste.
The baking soda has kind of a salty taste, so it is not as a refreshing as your mint toothpaste. It is also abrasive making it an awesome cleaner. You will have to contend with small cuts here and there as baking soda is too abrasive if you are not used.
When you are done brushing, your teeth will feel squeaky clean - like you have just come back from the dentist. With only a few brushes, you should notice that your teeth are a little bit whiter than usual. Great! You will not only feel your mouth to be dentist clean but your teeth will be whiter. And not only will you save money on toothpaste but you will save money on teeth whitening products.
You can add a little mint extract to your baking soda so that your mouth can feel fresh and eliminate the halitosis that brushing with baking soda causes. This may take time to prepare every time you want to brush.
But seriously though, this may sound like a crude method of brushing your teeth but it is by far much better than not. We have people out there who go to great length of brushing teeth of their dear pets. But did you know that more than 75 per cent of the planet earth's population does not brush their teeth regularly?
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Washing twice or thrice your teeth is good for hygeine and sparkling effect and lot of TV ads recommend using different toothpaste but I think decay of teeth is governed by the genetic make up of a person. I have seen people cleaning there teeth several time even they have problems.
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Great hub,
Hygiene is always important especially for teeth.
Your baking soda is a whole lot better than fluoride toothpaste.
Fluoride is one of the most toxic chemicals known to man and even in small quantities has been linked to health problems. Look at the warning on the tube, most people are surprised.
premsingh,
there is a lot of new evidence that diets which are low in probiotics can also cause oral problems. These beneficial bacteria are vital in fighting the harmful types which cause most of the decay.
This task should be done 2 times everyday Morning and Night before bed. Floss at night just before you brush your teeth. Then BRUSH! Rinse with hydrogen peroxide to kill bacteria and whiten your teeth. Floss once every 24 hours.
At school I had my tooth-cleaning kit in my desk. I have another in my car. I am not a fanatic, but I do recognize that if my teeth are happy, I am also happy, and if my teeth are miserable, so am I!
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Cellebrate! says:
4 months ago
You're right. I brush my teeth, at least three times a day -- better, if after every meals. And that thing about baking soda is not new to me, as a matter of fact, I use it alternately with my regular toothpaste to add that sparkling white effect on my teeth!
Here's more, my husband and I, as well as our teenage girls use baking soda for the face, too! Its been researched that a pinch of baking soda can act as your exfoliant, at the same time a whitening kind of face wash too! But my derma does not recommend using it for the face daily. Only twice or thrice a week at most. The rest of the week, you can use your regular facial wash.
There! to a cleaner, smoother, whiter teeth and face!