Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Your Teeth Can Effect Your Health?

Not brushing your teeth may seem like no big deal, but did you know that poor dental hygiene could trigger a host of diseases from diabetes, cancer, and heart disease? Most people have poor oral hygiene and don’t even know it.



Do You Treat Your Teeth Right?



Gum disease can result in many illnesses without your knowledge and can even go undetected. Gum disease travels through the bloodstream to the other internal organs in your body and can lead to an unexpected illness.

You Can Take A Few Simple Steps To Protect Yourself!

Brushing your teeth correctly removes the bacteria that promote tooth decay and gum disease.

It’s recommended that you put the toothbrush to your teeth at a 45 % angle and use short gentle strokes. Brush your teeth in a elliptical motion, or up and down motion.

Brushing only a small group of teeth at a time, also make sure you get the hard to reach back teeth.

The Wrong Way To Brush Your Teeth!

If you brush your teeth with a back and forth motion you run the risk of causing your gums to recede, expose a root, or simply just wear down the gum line.

I used to brush my teeth this way since it saved time, but this caused my gums to recede and exposed some roots. Making my teeth very sensitive to anything cold and also caused an infection in my body.

How often, and long you should Brush Your Teeth?

You should brush your teeth after every meal, but no less than 2 times a day. Bacteria begins attacking your teeth minutes after you eat a meal

The best way to kill bacteria is to brush with dry bristles first for approximately 2 minutes. How long do you brush your teeth?

Then brush for 1 minute with toothpaste to help erase stains.

Your Toothpaste:

Did you know that most toothpaste don’t kill bacteria?

Did you know that fluoride is highly toxic? Before fluoride was deemed a cavity fighter, it was used as rat poison.And before that it was deemed a toxic waste.

And excessive fluoride has been shown to damage the nervous systems,muscular degeneration and genetic damage, thyroid dysfunction, and even cancer.

A number of different studies have linked fluoride to as many as 10,000 cancer deaths per year, with a high incidence of bone cancer among men exposed to fluoridated water.

Buy a toothpaste that does not contain flouride for your future health.

Your Toothbrush:

You should replace your toothbrush if it looks worn, or at least every 3 months.

It is also important if you have a cold to throw away that toothbrush. The bristles can collect germs and you run the risk of getting that cold back.

Things To Do When You Can’t Brush:

If you can’t brush your teeth after a meal you can use water to swish around your mouth and spit out to clear away a good portion of that bacteria.

Chewing sugarless gum increases the flow of saliva. Saliva helps to flush your mouth and help clear any debris remaining from the meal you just had consumed.

Did you know if you have bad breath your tongue could be causing it? You can use your toothbrush to clean your tongue or buy a tongue scraper.

Also eat a well-balanced healthy diet for good oral hygiene. You should limit the amount of sugary foods and drinks that you have. These are foods that bacteria thrive on to make acid, which can contribute to tooth decay.

Why You Should Floss:

It’s very important that you floss your teeth at least once a day, do it before you go to bed. You would be amazed at the food that gets trapped in between your teeth. When you floss you remove plaque and reduce tooth decay.

Want To Know More? see- Is Your Water Toxic ?

1 comment:

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