So how do you brush your teeth properly? How do you floss?
And what are some of the most common mistakes that we all make
well I've come to get some expert advice from my friend and dentist Dr Ehsan so what are we waiting for let's
dive in now when it comes to brushing your teeth remember you need to be doing
it twice a day for two minutes let's first begin with how to use a manual
toothbrush using the correct toothpaste begin by placing your brush at a 45
degree angle against your gum line and gently start brushing your teeth in
short circular strokes away from the gum line visualize splitting your mouth into
four sections and focusing 30 seconds on each section using short back-and-forth
strokes you need to be brushing all the surfaces in your mouth the inner the
outer and biting surfaces of your teeth next up we have how to use a rotating
electric toothbrush using the correct toothpaste begin by switching on the
electric toothbrush when it's against your tooth place your brush at a 45
degree angle against your gum line run the brush from tooth to tooth again as
explained previously visualize splitting your mouth into four sections and focus
30 seconds on each section covering all surfaces next up we have flossing first
break off about 45 centimetres of floss and wind around your middle fingers hold
the floss tightly between your thumbs and index finger with about an inch of
floss between them leaving no slack now using a gentle rocking motion guide the
floss between your teeth when the floss reaches your gum line curve it into a
c-shape against the tooth until you feel resistance and scrape upwards away from
the gum repeat this process on the other side of the gap along the side of the
next tooth keep a regular pattern and work your way from left to right so
you're less likely to miss any teeth now let's move on to those tips and tricks
So I think one of the most common mistakes that even I see patients making in pharmacy is
rinsing their mouth out after they brush their teeth should you do this should you not
do this why shouldn't you be doing it? so you should be using a fluoride containing
toothpaste after you brush your teeth with it you
should be spitting out the excess toothpaste that's in your mouth but you
shouldn't be rinsing with anything water mouthwash or anything the reason for that is
the toothpaste contains the fluoride and that fluoride should be on the surface of your
teeth you should allow it to stay on the surface of your teeth to do what it needs to to
remineralize the surface of the teeth if you rinse with anything including mouthwash you're
washing away all that fluoride so you that takes away the point of putting
on the toothpaste on the surface of your teeth so it's like a protective cover
when you rinse it out you've ruined it so in this video we've taught people how to
brush their teeth and how to floss their teeth now should these be done in any
particular order or is okay however you want it's better to try and floss first
and that's to get rid of the food particles that are in between the teeth
to then go ahead and brush and clean all the surfaces in between teeth some
people prefer to do it the other way it's as long as you're brushing and
flossing that's the main thing flossing first is ideal but it's not
absolutely necessary so it's fine to do either way but if you did floss first it's
going to open up them areas and the fluoride is going to be able to go into places it might not be able to go to
yes it would be better to floss first following on from the last question what
about mouthwash should that be done in a particular order
or can you brush your teeth and then use the mouthwash at the end yeah because that's what you
see in a lot the movies sorry to interrupt
people usually brush their teeth don't they and then mouthwash and gargle and then
spits out what do you advise? if you mouthwash straight after brushing your
teeth you're getting rid of all the fluoride that's in that toothpaste so that goes
against the point so it's best to give it at least I'd say half an hour before
you do decide to go ahead and use a mouthwash then if you do want to be
using a fluoride containing mouthwash then do that in the
time in the day that you've eaten that you've not brushed your teeth
say for example lunchtime if you're not brushing your teeth at lunchtime use a
fluoride mouthwash at that point but if if it's just a fluoride mouthwash that you're using
there's fluoride in the toothpaste so there's no need to be using a fluoride
mouthwash immediately after putting the toothpaste onto the surface of your
teeth I understand I mean I guess you're just wasting your money by doing that that pretty much
some people need mouthwash for different things for example gum disease
but that's a different story altogether so if they do need a specific type of
mouthwash for the gum disease that shouldn't be done immediately after
brushing that should be done about half an hour later so in terms of changing
your toothbrush or changing the head of your electric toothbrush how often
should people be doing this? it's recommended for you to be changing every
three months ideally I'd every three months that was a nice easy answer, I enjoyed that
please more of these question now I know that certain foods have
different acidities and you're meant to leave a certain amount of time before you
actually brush your teeth so how long should people actually wait after the
eaten until they brush their teeth? ideally around 15-20 minutes to allow the mouth
to remineralize the surface of the teeth so that you don't damage your teeth by
brushing them straight away now if you've consumed foods that are
acidic such as orange juice or citric acids or whatever it's best to try and
neutralize the acid in your mouth by rinsing your mouth with water
immediately after just that to change that PH and reduce the acidity
that's in your mouth but in terms of brushing give it 15 to 20 minutes before
you brush I think what we will do if it's okay with you is we will leave
in the description below some more information on acidic foods of course yes
now when it comes to flossing I do know that some people don't like the actual
physical act of flossing or their floss keeps ripping as well so do you
have any advice on that? if the floss keeps ripping there may be a
reason as to why it's ripping it could be a defective filling or defective margin of
the crown or a veneer or there may sometimes be an issue so do see your dentist
and get it checked and see what the cause of the rip
is and have that corrected if you don't like the physical act of flossing
there's an alternatives to flossing so there's Floss Picks for example so it's a
piece of floss it's on a stick and you literally just use it to put in between your teeth and
it's so easy so that is a good alternative to just the manual floss itself
because I think sometimes it can get a bit painful and your fingers I mean I
prefer the floss pics and following on from that question what if the gap
is too big so you feel like the floss actually isn't connecting on anything
flossing is usually done between teeth that are in contact so if there's a bit
of a gap between the teeth or if there's gum disease or anything like that it's a
little interdental brushes that are ideal to be used so they come in
different colours the different sizes of different colours and you have to be
sized up to see exactly what colour you should be using for the different gaps
so in terms of toothpaste is there any toothpaste that you would recommend
patients to use or you wouldn't recommend to use? what to look for in
the toothpaste is the fluoride content so what I wouldn't recommend to be using
is toothpaste that don't contain fluoride so you can find them in some health shops
so they exist and they're not really beneficial but the different
quantity of fluoride in the toothpaste is depending on the age of the patient
so we can leave the description of the different age ranges in the description yeah sure
and how much toothpaste should we actually use a pea size is sufficient
for children under the age of three a smear on the toothbrush
otherwise a pea size is insufficient so in terms of cleaning your tongue this is
often something which isn't mentioned much when it comes to cleaning your
teeth is it something that's recommended should you do it often should you do it everyday
and can you use your toothbrush to kind of clean your tongue is it okay? you
find that a lot of bad breath originates from the surface of the tongue
and the bacteria that sits on the surface of your tongue so it's important
for you to be brushing your tongue as well as your teeth but it's very difficult to brush your
tongue with an actual toothbrush so that's why there's tongue scrapers there's
a specific device that's used to clean the surface of your tongue you can buy them from
chemists and from dental practices if you don't have access to one of them
there are also parts on the back of the actual toothbrush head for cleaning the
surface of your tongue the little bumps that you find on them, certain toothbrushes have them
certain toothbrushes have them not all of them
but if you don't have either of them to just use your toothbrush but it's best to
either us a tongue scraper or use a toothbrush that has the tongue scraping bit on the back of it
thank you so much doctor Ehsan for taking the time to help with this video I
think anyone who's watching this video is now going to be a pro and I guess
you've got no excuse for bad oral hygiene even I've learnt a few things
today, see you next week!
Is that it?
that's it. Really? oh
please don't forget to show some hope love Dr Ehsan
I always forget to do this bit he's got a wicked Instagram account I'll leave a
link up here and in the description below so feel free to show some love to him
for taking the time out to help with this video, thank you very much, see you next week! (Laughter)
Excellent
it's best to try and brush first
and... I thought it was floss first?
I should be the I should be the dentist in that chair I should
be on the big bucks (Laughter) sat in that chair not here says ATP Abraham the pharmacist (Laughter)
Action (Laughter) I just wanted to do that for jokes, I'll do action
will you send me it? sure I will do. Email me it (Laughter) Email it to my agent (Clicking sound followed by laughter)
email me it, email me it (Laughter) just email me it bro (Laughter)
three, two, one action (Laughter)
this is going to be so hard to film
you brush your teeth with a fluoride mouth..wash, mouthwash, mouth paste (Laughter)
I can leave description in the comments (Laughter) We'll leave the description in the comments (Laughter)
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