whitening toothpastesWhitening toothpastes only remove existing stains on teeth, which makes the original color, white or yellow, highlight more. But it will make the color of your teeth look whiter and brighter.

Saliva shows if we have bad breath.
Place a bit of saliva from the back of the tongue on the inside of the wrist. Allow a minute and check the odor.

periodental diseasePeriodontal diseases can be prevented if every single person becomes aware of the consequences thereof.
Keeping your teeth healthy lake to life, is not as difficult as you think. You just need to record in the cleaning and care of our mouths, to prevent the formation of bacterial plaque and regular visits to the dentist to achieve a deeper clean, especially in places of difficult access for both the brush and to floss .

To prevent periodontal disease only need to change some simple lifestyle and focus more on the health of our teeth.

* Visit the dentist two times a year at least (even if you do not feel any discomfort in your teeth or gums)
* Inform your dentist if you have diabetes
* Use a toothbrush with soft bristles and rounded.
* Make a conscious and thorough brushing.
* Use fluoride toothpaste
* Brushing the tongue.
* Floss daily (if you can not use it, ask your dentist to show you how to do it properly)
* No smoking

The prevention and treatment is very beneficial for oral health, besides allowing a healthy smile and pleasant.

civitiesThe tooth decay produces the familiar, annoying and painful cavities. They attack most people sometime in their life, but especially to children. Tooth decay can be avoided with proper education on oral hygiene and nutrition early in life. So, would succeed completely eradicate them from our mouths.

As we said, better treatment for caries is prevention, and we apply it since the first months of life of children.

There are fundamental factors which cavities are formed:

- Bacteria found in the mouth

- Sugars and carbohydrates increase the risk of dental caries. Sticky foods are more harmful than sticky because they remain on the surface of the teeth.

- Susceptibility and bias: if the teeth are properly aligned or is not important as cleaning difficult areas will be more predisposed to decay and easy to clean areas.

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toothbrush for kidsSome of the important factors for a good brushing is the choice of an appropriate toothbrush. If we choose a hard brush, too large or uncomfortable for the child, the toilet will be incomplete and the possibility of having caries teeth or spots increase.
For a correct choice of toothbrush is important to consider the following tips.

* The toothbrush should be small, this would facilitate better movement within the mouth.
* The toothbrush bristles should be soft and flexible. A brush bristle small but hard can hurt both the gums and teeth.
* We recommend having a round head and square head that are more difficult to reach all corners of the mouth.
* The handle of the toothbrush is better if the rubber is soft or rather, to facilitate the grip of it.
* This brush must be replaced every 3 months or sooner if you look very worn.

Other tips
To help in the task of brushing teeth, we can consider the following ideas

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baby's teethAs we talked on other occasions, cleaning should start from the gums, ie before the birth of the first tooth and go, varying the method that will appear as the first teeth.

Baby teeth are as important as the final. This is because if the baby teeth have caries, the bacteria that cause permanent tooth passed to affect it.

At first, to clean baby’s teeth once a day is enough, the ideal time is at night before bedtime and after the last bottle.

When your child already has two years and most of his teeth has left, we cleaned at least twice a day. At this age you can start to use a small amount of toothpaste. It should continue brushing always at night before bed and another bathroom can be done in the morning or after lunch.

In some cases the child may want to start brushing the teeth alone, in that case you can choose because you do during the day and parents at night, because this brush is more important. The best thing to teach is to try to guide the movements of the hand of the child so that you learn the correct technique.

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tooth enamelDaily brushing twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste to remove plaque prevent wear of tooth enamel and decay.

Eliminate or reduce consumption of starches and sugars, on the contrary, eating more nutrients and minerals such as cheese, raw vegetables, yogurt or fruit losdientes need to stay strong and resist infections.

The greater the frequency with which foods you eat, the more chances you give the acids in plaque to attack and wear down the enamel of the teeth, thereby limiting the amount of times you eat per day.

If you can not avoid the consumption of sugars and sweetened beverages, at least it is important to reduce the frequency, but not the quantity, because every time you consume these products cooktop bacteria produce acids that attack teeth.

Finally prioritizes food consumption that contribute to cleaning, such as fruits and vegetables, thus helping to maintain whiter tusdientes given their high fiber content.

breaks a toothThe hit in the mouth are very common, especially in children and if you practice any sport. Where to find us before the accident, there are some things we know to act with certainty and not cause further injury. This will also allow the teeth to keep out efforts to re-implant or restored.

The main thing is to act calmly.

If you’ve beaten the mouth, you may have bleeding.

So you have to locate the place from where the bleeding and we noticed that the tooth has fallen, closing the gap with gauze and bite it with the other teeth.

Do not perform or attempt to crops close the gap with a foreign object.

If you find the tooth, place it in saline or milk and do not wash or touch the root. Your replantation is usually performed successfully.
If you can not locate the tooth, do not worry too much. Currently, there are very advanced techniques which reproduce the missing tooth to perfection when it comes to size, shape, color and function.

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periodontal diseasesPeriodontal disease affects 7 out of 10 people at some point in their lives. But if detected in its early stages, it is easy to treat.
The treatment and prevention after periodontal disease not to reappear is very beneficial for the overall health of the individual. This is because these diseases begin with a simple infection in the gums and can end up (if no treatment) in irreparable loss of teeth.

There are causes and factors that cause periodontal disease are growing for growth in our mouths. The bacteria found in the mouth, along with other particles, constantly form a layer that adheres to the teeth, so if not performed daily brushing and oral hygiene and awareness, this layer builds up, it hardens known as the calculus or tartar. In this

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mouthwashIn addition to regular visits to the dentist or dentist to perform a thorough dental cleaning, mouthwash, help keep bad breath at bay.
Mouthwashes are generally quite expensive, so it is ideal to develop our own homemade mouthwash, in addition to help with the household economy, we know that it is made with quality components.

Perform this task is very simple, the only important thing is knowing how to calculate the amount the same as the number of people making up the family. This is important because the effects of mouthwashes home, not having industrial preservatives, expire after approximately 30 days of preparation.

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Children teethSometimes we did not pay due attention to children’s teeth until about 7 or 8 years, since before that time are called baby teeth or temporary. ” But what they ignore is that if these teeth are affected by disease, the same will inevitably to permanent teeth affected since the same time it rises to the surface.
When children start to brush their teeth, we must help in the movement, not to get hurt and learn to do it correctly.

While the teeth of children coming to the surface about 6 months, and these are of milk, just about 5 years by the final change, but that is no excuse to not take care of your mouth and teach them take care and keep themselves as clean and healthy.

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