Teeth are very important part of our body and a person who possess good and healthy teeth he often gives a good look. With a good and healthy smile, you can subjugate many hearts. First, it is important to know that what the definition of healthy teeth is. Teeth that possess dazzling shine, are stainless, are firm and do not have any problem can be defined as healthy teeth. To be master of healthy teeth there are some things that you must be aware about. First thing, which you have to do is to brush your teeth twice a day without any set back. This saves your teeth from tooth decay and saves your gum from various diseases. You must buy a toothbrush after examining it carefully. A toothbrush should in a perfect shape so that it may reach every nook and corner of your mouth.
Toothpaste should also be applied that contains fluoride for fluoride helps protect your teeth from decay. If you also apply, flossing then is good as it adds to the care of your oral health. Flossing helps in removing plaque from the in between areas where normally toothbrush cannot reach. This also helps you in preventing gum disease. You should always floss behind the last tooth and unwind clean floss as you proceed and you should floss round the abutment teeth of a bridge with a floss threader. Normally we brush our teeth very roughly but this is not the right way of brushing. You should brush at a 45-degree angle in short, half-tooth-wide strokes against the gum line. While brushing you should incline brush vertically and should use the brush gently. On chewing surfaces, you should brush flat and should brush back and forth.
Apart from that, you should also visit you dentist at least twice a year. Because regular dental check up is requisite. No doubt, flossing and brushing helps you in keeping teeth healthy and shining, still the importance of regular dental check up cannot be overlooked. When you visit a dentist for dental check up then a dentist generally review and update your medical history, takes X-ray for detecting decay or oral diseases, the dentist also evaluates your gum tissues. In addition, if necessary the dentist provides you preventive services that may include blood pressure screening, scaling of the teeth to remove all plaque and tartar, polishing of the silver crowns, flossing, polishing of the teeth to remove all stains etc.
"We need to get the message out that this is the most common chronic infectious disease in children and it's on the upswing," said Alexandra Hall, a dental hygienist and coordinator for the Eastern Shore Children's Regional Oral Health Consortium. "It's totally preventable but we need parents on board."
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the percentage of children between 2 and 5 with dental cavities has increased from 24 percent from 1988 to 1994 to 28 percent from 1999 to 2004. children even younger than that are having problems with cavities, Hall said. She said because the Eastern Shore is a rural, underserved area, dental decay in young children is an increasingly large problem.
Debbie Goeller, of the Worcester County Health Department, reported that a recent screening of Head Start students found that 33 to 36 percent of children had class one or class two dental disease. Class one dental disease requires serious and urgent care, while class two disease means a dentist appointment should be scheduled.
Dr. Scott Wolpin, the chief dental officer for the Choptank Community Health Sys-tem, said he has found even more alarming statistics.
"After screening over a 1,000 school-aged children of the rural counties of the Eastern Shore, I have found an average of 60 percent of all children to have untreated dental disease and 15 percent are experiencing pain and/or swelling while attending school," he said in an e-mail.
The high percentages of children with dental decay are the result of several factors.
Many towns on the shore do not have fluoridated water, which helps prevent cavities.
"Worcester County has the smallest percent of its population on fluoridated water in the state," Goeller said.
In addition to the lack of local fluoride, most parents are not aware just how easily their dental health can directly impact their child's dental health.
In order for a child to get a cavity, he or she must first be exposed to the bacteria that causes cavities, Hall explained. Once a baby has been exposed to that bacteria, all it needs to develop a cavity is a tooth, or part of a tooth, and carbohydrates that break down into sugar.
The surprising fact to most adults is that it is usually a parent who passes the cavity-causing bacteria on to an infant. Anyone who has active dental decay in their mouth can pass the germs to a child, through actions such as kissing or sharing food, Hall said. She suggests women visit a dentist when they find out they are pregnant so any active decay can be dealt with before childbirth.
"Infants should only have to be worried about diaper rash, not tooth decay," Hall said.
Once a child is born, his or her teeth, as soon as they start to grow in, should be wiped clean after eating, Hall said. Usually when a child is two, a parent should start brushing his or her teeth with a rice-sized smear of fluoride toothpaste.
"Generally we recommend that at the child's first birthday there be a dental exam," Hall said, "but the trouble is we don't have enough providers to do this."
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