Also, smoking or vaping IS a factor…
I only brush my teeth before I go to bed, have done so for probably 15 years, and I’ve had no dental work done on my adult teeth other than with respect to issues with how my wisdom teeth came in and regular cleanings every six months. It probably helps that I drink a lot of milk and very little sugary drinks.
If you’re concerned about the color of your teeth, there are commercial products available that specifically do that. I can’t recommend them though, as I’m of the opinion that they are more likely to lead to problems with the teeth due to taking some of the mineralization away.
The point of brushing your teeth is to stop cavities, bacteria built up and remove food. Not make your teeth whiter.
It just lot of the new toothpaste we have today claim they can make your teeth whiter and fight bacteria and food.
I spend about 30 seconds per section than spit out the saliva and toothpaste that accumulates in the mouth. Than spend about 30 seconds per the other section than spit out the saliva and toothpaste that accumulates in the mouth. And repeat for the other two sections to all 4 seconds are done. For the total of 2-Minute.
Why see dentists at all? The dentists are fake science spread my media and government lies to make money.
By brushing your teeth and not neglecting brushing your teeth you can stop cavities before it happens the same with gingivitis and gum disease. Even lot of gingivitis and gum disease is treatment if you start to brush your teeth.
It is only when the gingivitis and gum disease is really bad than you have to see the dentist.
I think that why people say the two or three times the day at the most. More than three times a day could damage the gums and teeth. All that friction and no time to heal. If you are brushing or rubbing lot in day it could damage the gums and teeth. And your gums can get sore.
My teeth are not yellow. I just want it to be whiter looking.:eek::eek:
Most of people going for the tooth-whitening strips or commercial products available that claim to make it whiter the person has yellow teeth or only brushing your teeth one time in day or neglect brushing. And claim in two weeks you will see results.
Baking soda is only needed for mild cavities or stains on your teeth.
Other than that Baking soda is not needed.
Unless you have stain, tar, black spot, brown spot or stain on your teeth than baking soda is not needed.
You do realize that brushing your teeth isn’t going to make them whiter? I personally brush once a day and no more, because there is no evidence it helps and a lot of suggestive evidence it is harmful. Despite what your dentist might claim, most dental problems seem to be caused by lifestyle, diet, other diseases, and genetics, not oral cleaning habits.
If you want your teeth to become whiter, you have to either bleach them or get veneers.
That’s my understanding. The newly-deposited plaque is still relatively soft and can be removed by brushing, but if you leave it longer than 24 hours, it becomes much more resistant to brushing and is likely to stay there until you visit the dentist, who uses metal implements and abrasives to remove it.
Since your brushwork is never 100% perfect, brushing once every 12 hours means you’re more likely to get (very close to) full coverage every 24 hours, leaving relatively little for the dentist to do every six months.
Dentist here. I think the science behind modern dentistry is better then anything you will come up with as an alternative.
Having been doing dentistry for 30 years now and having seen thousands of patients over tens of thousands of appointments I can say you are mistaken in your beliefs. Good oral hygiene is not all it takes to prevent decay and periodontal problems. However, yes, the majority of simple problems most people have could be greatly reduced with better hygiene. I am sure the people that I found oral cancer during regular checkups are glad they weren’t taking your advice. Do you really think obvious decay and periodontal problems are the only reason to see a dentist. I hope you never have an accident or weren’t unfortunate enough to have a developmental problem(dentally that is).
So you think you should wait till things get bad before seeing a dentist. I think the smarter thing to do is take care of it before it becomes a bigger problem. If your car’s check engine light comes on do you take it in or wait till the engine quits?
Are you kidding. Have you ever seen a 12 yo dog’s teeth?
From what they said if you have yellow teeth or neglect brushing every day than use tooth-whitening strips or commercial products. Say in two weeks you will see results.
If your teeth are white and not bad but what to make it better and whiter than start brushing every day!! Some say two times in a day and other people say three times in a day. You will see results in less than a month.
But flossing, right?
I was looking into flossing a year ago and the weird thing is that all the English language advice is to floss and not use toothpicks and the Dutch language advice (including that of my dental hygienist) is to use toothpicks and not floss.
So it seems if you brush you teeth too much in day or too hard can cause gums to actually start to recede up and away from their teeth.
http://www.mccarldental.com/blog/brushing-my-teeth-too-hard/
My dentist tells me lots of his patients only brush once a day. The problem is that they brush at the worst possible time, right when they get up out of bed.
You see, after they brush their teeth, they have breakfast, then later lunch and finally dinner (not to mention all their sweet snacks). They sleep all night with all those food particles in their mouth and finally about 24 hours later, they brush again.
My dentist says that allowing all those food particles to sit in their mouth over a 24 hour period can promote tooth decay.
Personally, I think its beyond gross to go to bed without first brushing ones teeth. (I also brush after breakfast.)
I read my tube of toothpaste the other day (I was bored). It said “Brush no more than three times a day, or as directed by your dentist or doctor.” I don’t recall that prohibition about brushing that often before. (This was Aquafresh toothpaste BTW)
If you brush, you change the conditions in your mouth, and that changes the dental flora.
If you don’t brush, the grass grows, then after a while you get bushes, then after a while you get trees.
Which means that even brushing your teath once a week is better than not brushing at all (though I’ve never heard that less often than once a month makes much difference at all)… And brushing your teath once a day is generally considered to be better than once a week. But after that, you’re getting into diminishing returns, and it becomes relatively more important when you brush your teath, and how you brush your teath,
Last week, for the first time in forever, I slept the whole night without brushing my teeth. (I thought I’d take a quick nap but it didn’t turn out that way.)
To my surprise, my mouth and teeth felt clean in the morning.
I guess a lot depends on what you ate/drank earlier and also on whether tooth decaying bacteria have set up shop in your mouth. I know that when I had cavities, my mouth would feel dirty in the morning even with brushing before bed.
Twice a day, after breakfast and after dinner. Floss after dinner. That’s my routine, FWIW, and I haven’t had any cavities in decades.