Oral hygiene
We hope the videos below will help you with understanding oral hygiene, and the techniques involved to ensure you enjoy excellent dental health.
Brushing Problem Areas
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Cleaning your teeth effectively means getting to know your mouth's tricky spots, where food and bacterial plaque get trapped. If your teeth were flat, smooth, and regular in shape it would be easy.
Brushing Problem Areas
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Brushing the Gumline and Contact Areas
Flossing
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Neither brushing your teeth, nor rinsing with mouthwash removes bacteria-rich "biofilm" from between your teeth. The only effective way to clean between your teeth is to floss properly every day.
Flossing
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Use of an Interdental Brush
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If you have fixed bridgework, braces or other dental work which connects adjacent teeth, cleaning under and around it with an interdental brush can prevent tooth decay and gum disease.
Use of an interdental brush
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Dental Sealants and Fissurotomy
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By some accounts, 80% of tooth decay begins in the pits and fissures of teeth. Toothbrush bristles may not be able to completely remove food from those areas. Dental sealants and fissurotomy techniques may help protect against these types of cavities.
Dental Sealants and Fissurotomy
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Kids cavity movie
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Teaching kids about tooth decay should give them the real picture - but in their terms. Includes pit and fissure cavities and cavities that start on smooth surfaces of adjacent teeth.
Kids Cavity Movie
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Tooth Decay (Dental Caries)
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Explanation of the tooth decay process including pit and fissure cavities and cavities that start on smooth surfaces of adjacent teeth.
Tooth Decay (Dental Caries)
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