October 10, 2008

Brushing teeth: advice for young and old

The oral hygiene is essential at an early age to have good teeth all his life. We must be able to do that. Young and old, have you good gestures and good reflexes to brush your teeth daily?

The movement of the toothbrush
Movement from right to left on the teeth.
To do: movements from inside to outside on each tooth or circulars. The goal is to start the movement from the gum or red to white. The duration of brushing should be consistent and be around 2 minutes.

The characteristics of the toothbrush

Do not choose a big head of hair brushes and tough.
To do: prefer a small brush head, more manageable, it can also more easily reach the bottom molars. The hair is hard to avoid hair flexible. Less aggressive, they allow more than brushing the surface of teeth to massage the gums.
Small addition: a brush with curved handle and flexible tapered hair.

Good teeth away the cancer of the pancreas

That is true. Diseases of the teeth and gums could increase the risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Surprising as it may seem, such a relationship has already been described in relation to diabetes and heart for example
 

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