Sunday, January 23, 2011

Teeth So Clean Someone Else Someone Else Might Want to Kiss You

1.  Sweep Brush:   Use minimum amount of toothpaste (drop).  Perform at least 5 sweep strokes on face side overlapping strokes only.  Position toothbrush on inside surface of teeth:  downward stroke on upper teeth ; upward stroke on lower teeth

2.  FLOSS:  Using 18" of floss push floss in contact with tooth.  Scrape Tooth at lease 5 strokes each side under the gumline as far as it will go

3.  Brush Under the Gumline:   Angle toothbursh 90 degrees staight into the gumline.  3 wiggles , sweep out.  Inside and out every tooth

4.   Tongue Cleaner:  80 90% of bad breath comes from the coating on the tongue.  Go back as far as possible , scrape forward at least once a day but really as often as possible.

5.  Stain:  Reduce the quantity of brown pigments that you put in your body.  Everybody knows that things like tobacco, coffee, tea, and colas will stain the surface of the teeth.  But what most people don't know is that those brown pigments circulate in the bloodstream, and the tooth has a robust vascular supply.  The pigments are deposited in the dentin (the layer of tooth just under the enamel) the dentin will first get more yellow and layer brown.  You are staining your teeth from the inside, those colors show through the enamel.

   So.....Get that lickin ...and keep on tickin

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Safer Oral Sex The Science

Probably not  the best idea to have oral sex with an open lesion in your mouth "the common cold sore".  Any open lesion in the mouth is just as susceptible to the same pathogenic invasions as a concomitant lesion in the vagina.  Separate these at your peril.  No one is talking about safe oral sex.  Be enlightened.

Abandon the illusion that because you are having oral sex you are safe.  An open lesion in the mouth is every bit as vulnerable as any breach in tissue in the vagina.  Any precaution you would take vaginally with sex should be just as important orally. 

Please keep yourselves Safe.   I am your Oral Health Coach.  A hole is a hole without the teeth the mouth is the exact same tissue as the vagina.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

A Clean Tongue Is A Happy Tongue

90 % of our bad breath comes from our tongue.    Our tongue is like a sponge and there is drainage that gets lodged on it from our nose and throat.   This white coating on our tongue  is a layer of dead tissue and bacteria and it needs to be scraped off daily.   This is the primary source of the bad odor that we get in our mouths.   Purchase a tongue scraper , go back as far as you can and scrape forward.  Do this at least once a day and if your going out at night do it before you go out you will feel socially more confident.  The best time to use mouthwash is after you scrape your tongue  ..  swish for at least 30 sec to 1 min.   It's a great feeling having a happy tongue !