Flossing

Choosing a career like a dental assisting I knew that I had to learn how to properly care for my teeth, like many others I thought I was already caring for them properly. In reality no of us where. Most people believe that caring for your teeth is only brushing maybe once a day, this is not true. To properly care for ones teeth you must brush at least twice a day, in combination of flossing. Flossing is a critical step in having a healthier mouth. Although many make the mistake of brushing and flossing this is incorrect. The proper way to do so is, flossing and then brushing. Why is this? flossing helps reach those spots that a toothbrush alone can't reach in the mouth, it helps get into the sulcus, this would be in between your teeth and gums. flossing will bring all the food out of the gums thus leaving everything on the surface of the teeth. Brushing immediately after flossing will leave you with a healthier mouth, unlike if you brushed and then flossed you would leave all the germs and bacteria sit on your teeth.

I have recently found an article that summarize the causes and effects of not flossing and brushing, this can cause

You may start to develop what is called herpes simplex, is a type virus that includes any cold sore on your mouth and canker sores. These can be spread by kissing somebody, or your tissue coming in contact with another persons. By kissing someone you transfer all the disease causing bacteria into their mouth's eventually over time they will have oral health problems. Bacteria plays a big role in our daily lives both and it's every where even in our mouths. Our mouths need bacteria to function properly, but the kind of bacteria that we need in our mouths should be healthy bacteria. This is usually what we have in our mouths. As for some people who don’t have good oral hygiene, start to accumulate disease causing