Use dental floss after eating because you can
harm your gums with a toothpick. Besides, if you have a desire to clean your teeth with a toothpick after every meal, it’s an alarm bell: it’s time to visit your dentist.
The more often you brush your teeth, the healthier they will be.
Brushing your teeth too frequently can lead to
enamel wearout and tooth diseases due to the abrasive properties of toothpaste. It’s better to rinse the oral cavity with a special mouthwash between morning and evening brushings.
A toothache means a cavity.
Far from always. There may be a number of reasons for tooth pain
aside from a cavity: tooth sensitivity, inflammation of the dental pulp or gum, etc. The problem isn’t always in the oral cavity. For example, it can be sinusitis.
Only a dentist can establish the reason.
If a filling fell out, you don’t need to get your tooth drilled, just refilled.
Fillings are made of a reliable material and
don’t fall out for no reason. Most often the problem is in the development of a cavity under the filling and the destruction of tooth tissues.
You must remove wisdom teeth.
If the wisdom teeth are completely erupted and
healthy, there’s no need to remove them.
Teeth should be brushed after breakfast.
This opinion does exist even among dentists. Yet today most of them tend to the fact that it’s desirable to brush teeth before eating.
During sleep, the saliva inflow slows down, and this is the reason why bacteria and plaque accumulate in your mouth overnight. If you don’t brush your teeth before breakfast, all this stuff will go straight to your stomach.
