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A stunning, million-watt smile is never complete without a perfect set of healthy-looking coral pink gums to complement it. Unfortunately, many of us fall prey to the thinking that we don’t need to take care of our teeth or look in to preventive periodontal disease treatment as much if it looks healthy enough. Sometimes, in favor of what is convenient or because we are so lax about it, we forget to brush our teeth, not get enough good food to feed our teeth and gums the nutrition they so rightfully deserve and we don’t even visit the dentist to make sure that we don’t need periodontal disease treatment because our teeth is periodontitis-free and perfectly healthy.

What we don’t realize that when the teeth is at its healthiest, it is the perfect time to make sure that maintenance is applied to our dental health and to do away with having periodontal disease treatment when it’s too late. When the teeth is healthy, we want to keep it that way, so you need to learn about the best ways to preserve a beautiful smile and a healthy gum line.

Brushing your teeth to clean the food debris and kill of bacteria at least twice every day is a good way to start. Brushing removes plaque formation from the back of the teeth, on the surface of the enamel, and as well as on the tongue too; and if you have a tongue scraper on your toothbrush, all the better!

As much as possible, do away with “Flavored” toothpaste that may contain more sugar or acidic ingredients. Sticking with plain, good ol’ flouride toothpaste will do.  It doesn’t even  matter what brand you get, so long as you have an FDA-approved toothpaste with a safe flouride concentrate you’re good to go. For toothbrushes, inspect that you are using a soft bristle brush than a hard bristle that may damage the gums. Get a new one every 3 months to make sure the bristles are in top condition and to avoid bacterial formation on the toothbrush itself.

Additional cleaning processes like floss and mouthwash will greatly reduce the growth of bacteria and lessen the instance of plaque forming in hard to reach areas like being lodged between the teeth or right under the enamel. Flossing everyday removes the plaque that a toothbrush can’t.  Flossing out plaque avoids having the enamels of your teeth and the gums to form “holes” that may pave the way for bacteria to wriggle its way in the internal area of your teeth or gums.