Brushing
|
|
Brushing is a skill that helps remove plaque and food from accessible tongue, cheek and lip surfaces where fluoride toothpaste and saliva have easy access to neutralise acid and repair demineralised tooth.
Few cavities occur at gum margins where the brush, fluoride and saliva have easy access.
All cavities occur from acid demineralisation that exceeds remineralisation where food is left on teeth after every meal or snack.
Trapped food prevents access of saliva and fluoride to neutralise acid and repair demineralised tooth after eating or while brushing.
Removing food or flossing before brushing provides access for fluoride between teeth.
However then chewing toothpaste with a special foam or elastomer strip before brushing, forces the fluoride saliva mix inside grooves as well as between teeth, where the brush cannot reach. See http://ndk.biz/red
It is important to swish the saliva toothpaste mix between teeth and spit out. Do not wash out.
YouTube Shows how food is trapped and brushing cannot reach inside the glass model of a fissure in chewing surfaces click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRca_whVI4Y |
