Show your teeth some love~
Posted by Khushal Khan on August 23rd, 2007 in Personal
And in the morning it was bleeding again, its bleeding since i started brushing teeth and am not sure when did i started doing that but its an old story, to sum up all, my teeth and gums bleed every time i brush them. I never planned to go to a Dentist and never even thought of going to one since it demands time, appointment and worst of all having to stay up at day time (which 99% i am not). Anyways my teeth were not in my mind till a buddy from a Webmaster Forum popped in on my Yahoo messenger and who happens to be a Dental Student, i thought why not share my teeth issue with him we discussed it a bit and finally i made him agree to write a comprehensive blog post on how to effectively brush your teeth. Here is how you can brush your teeth using Dr.Chetan’s method.
To sum it up,
- Use a good brush with soft nylon bristles, i suggest one from Oral-B although i used an unbranded toothbrush,
- Use a good toothpaste,these days the Miswak flavored Colgate is in my use and it has a good fresh feel,
- Brush Vertically specially the front teeth,
- Apply less pressure, that is brush gently (*mm mmm can i post a picture of the toothbrushes under my use, they lost there hair due to immense pressure*)
- Do not clean your tongue with the same brush, use tongue-cleaners (I use the same brush, forgive me:( )
- Do Floss, (* i never knew what was this floss thing till Dr.Awab Alvi (Teeth Maestro) posted about floss facts way back *).
- Finally, DO BRUSH YOUR TEETH GODDAMMMIT!!!!
Let’s see the comments from other fellows, Dr.Awab i need your comment here;)
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:10 pm
You're right! I'm living proof that not brushing your teeth regularly can lead to soo many visits to the dentist in the future. I used to be all careless about brushing me teeth until couple of days ago, I noticed one of my teeth had a bad cavity on 'em. Now, I gotta have root canal and god knows how many fillings done just to get the teeth back to their normal states
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August 23rd, 2007 at 7:14 pm
it good you shared these tips im sure a lot of people weren't aware of these.
August 24th, 2007 at 12:53 am
Thanks a lot for the tips
In the last week, I felt some pain in one of the tooth and oouccchhhh... i was like a mad person.. couldn't bear it..so i started to brush thrice a day. Before that incident i was doing it twice a day. And it really helped.
Now i am going to have a branded toothbrush and yeah the new colgate 's cool...
P.S. never did vertically, will try it...
August 24th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
hey ..thanx fo the tips....but i dont clean my tongue...r v suppoz to??
August 24th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
lols very good tips, are you feeling better???
thanks for the post .. am still waiting for the Day 2
August 25th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
nothing today so your off on sat. huh ...
August 26th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Great post by Dr. Chetan -
My recommendation is almost in line with this views Brush and floss regularly generally thats all it takes to clean any superficial bleeding issues but if regular flossing and brushing cant help then you need to see a dentist right away before it gets worse