Brushing too vigorously or frequently can damage your teeth and gums. It’s better to be gentle than forceful… Especially if force causes damage, as can happen during toothbrushing.<\/p>\n
The useful life of a toothbrush is 2-3 months, but if after a few days or weeks you notice it frayed and with open filaments, you are probably brushing your teeth too vigorously or frequently.<\/p>\n
We explain why you should avoid what dentists call aggressive brushing and how you can do it.<\/p>\n
If you apply too much pressure with the brush against your teeth or gums, if you rub vigorously horizontally or if you brush too frequently, over time two problems could arise: Enamel damage (abfractions).<\/p>\n
Detachment of the enamel at the neck of the tooth.<\/p>\n
Receding gums.<\/p>\n
The gums become inflamed and recede, not only exposing part of the tooth root, but also causing tooth sensitivity and a greater risk of tooth decay.<\/p>\n
This is the key.<\/p>\n
Many people make the mistake of thinking that a toothbrush is for scrubbing, but that’s not the case: the toothbrush should sweep away bacteria.<\/p>\n
Therefore, the first step is to change our mindset and use the brush more like a broom than a mop.<\/p>\n
Once we are aware of this, at Cl\u00ednica Cervera we recommend that you: Do not press on the brush.<\/p>\n
It is not necessary and counterproductive.<\/p>\n
Remember that the brush is a broom and we must use it to sweep away bacteria from the junction between the tooth and the gum downwards, and from the bottom of the tongue to the tip.<\/p>\n
Use an electric toothbrush with pressure warning.<\/p>\n
As a complementary aid, you can purchase an electric toothbrush with a pressure warning, which will emit an audible signal or even stop automatically when it detects that you are applying more force than necessary.<\/p>\n
Avoid abrasive toothpastes.<\/p>\n
Abrasive toothpastes, such as whitening ones, can aggravate aggressive brushing.<\/p>\n
It is better to opt for those with low abrasiveness rates.<\/p>\n
Choose the right time to brush your teeth.<\/p>\n
After any meal, the pH of our mouth decreases and the enamel demineralizes.<\/p>\n
All this makes our teeth more defenseless against aggressive brushing.<\/p>\n
For this reason, it is important that, after meals, we wait at least half an hour before brushing our teeth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categoria":[67],"class_list":["post-2817","actualitat","type-actualitat","status-publish","hentry","categoria-salut-bucodental"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualitat\/2817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualitat"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/actualitat"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinicacervera.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria?post=2817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}