What are the dangers of brushing your teeth right after getting up

As the saying goes, toothache is not a disease, but it can be fatal. Despite this fear, more and more people need to see a doctor for dental problems. One important reason for this is that some of the habits we have been following since childhood may be wrong!

Mistake 1. Brushing your teeth with cold water

Cold water can cause toothache in people with sensitive dentin, and is not conducive to the activity of effective substances in toothpaste.

The main ingredients in toothpaste are abrasives and fluoride. Laboratory studies have found that the best temperature for these active ingredients to work is around 37 degrees Celsius.

Recommendation: It is best to use warm water close to your body temperature when brushing your teeth.

Mistake 2: Brushing Too Hard

Brushing too hard can damage your teeth.

Tip: 200 grams of force is enough, which is about the same as the strength of your fingers to pick up a popsicle. Use the strength of your wrist to brush your teeth instead of your arm.

Mistake 3. Brushing your teeth sideways

The survey shows that more than 90% of Chinese people brush their teeth horizontally. Brushing your teeth is a physical abrasion on tooth enamel.

The purpose of brushing your teeth is to remove bacteria from the surface and gaps of your teeth, not to damage the teeth themselves.

On the one hand, brushing your teeth horizontally cannot remove the garbage in the gaps between teeth. On the other hand, it may also cause wedge-shaped defects in the roots of teeth, gum damage, dentin sensitivity and other problems.

Suggestion: The correct way to brush your teeth is to brush vertically along the gaps between the teeth.

Mistake 4. Brushing Too Short

Many people think that the purpose of brushing teeth is to remove food debris, but this is not entirely true. Rinsing your mouth with clean water can remove more than 90% of food debris. The purpose of brushing your teeth carefully is to eliminate dental plaque.

Dental plaque is a colorless bacteria that adheres to the surface of teeth and in the crevices of gums. It is the culprit that causes tooth decay and gingivitis. The average time Chinese people spend brushing their teeth is 59 seconds, which is not enough to completely clean the mouth.

Recommendation: Brush your teeth for at least 2 minutes. Rinse your mouth first. Moisture helps the effective ingredients in the toothpaste to take effect. Start from the front teeth and brush vertically carefully, especially the spaces between teeth and the inside of the teeth, which are easily overlooked.

Since the growth cycle of dental plaque is 12 to 24 hours, you should brush your teeth at least once every 24 hours even if you are on a business trip.

Mistake 5. Brushing your teeth at the wrong time

98% of Chinese people get up early every day, brush their teeth, and then eat breakfast. The result is that the effective tooth-protecting ingredients in the toothpaste do not have much chance to remain on the teeth, but instead go into the stomach along with breakfast.

Recommendation: Brush your teeth 20 minutes after a meal. It is healthiest to rinse your mouth with water after getting up, eat breakfast, and brush your teeth 20 minutes after the meal. Especially after drinking acidic beverages or eating acidic fruits, it is best to wait 20 minutes until the effects of these substances on the teeth have passed before brushing your teeth to avoid causing greater damage to the tooth surface.

Mistake 6. Rinsing Too Often After Brushing

Some of the active ingredients in toothpaste need to remain on the surface of the teeth to form a protective layer, which prevents bacteria from growing rapidly for a period of time. Excessive mouthwash will not have this effect. Some people will brush their teeth again with clean water, which is a stupid behavior that helps bacteria damage their teeth.

Recommendation: 10 seconds of gargling is enough. Experiments have found that when we spit out the first mouthful of mouthwash after brushing our teeth, 95% of the effective ingredients are spat out, and the second mouthful will spit out 95% of the remaining 5%.

So you only need to rinse your mouth once after brushing your teeth with toothpaste, and the rinsing time should be about 10 seconds.

Mistake 7. Dry mouth, staying up late, and drinking less water

These conditions can lead to a high incidence of tooth decay. Nowadays, people spend more time in front of computers and less time talking, so the secretion of saliva decreases accordingly.

Saliva has the function of balancing the oral ecology. After 11 o'clock in the evening, people's oral environment will begin to enter a dry period, and dry mouth will cause bacteria to grow.

Recommendation: Drink more green tea and water. In addition to replenishing water, the fluoride contained in green tea can also protect teeth from bacterial invasion.

Mistake 8. Using a large toothbrush to clean thoroughly

Everyone's teeth are different sizes. If the toothbrush is too big, it will not be flexible enough to perform tasks in the mouth. If the toothbrush is too small, it will not be able to complete the cleaning of a large area of ​​the mouth.

Recommendation: Choose a toothbrush of appropriate size. The size of the tooth head should be equal to the width of 2.5 to 3 teeth.

The service life of a toothbrush should not exceed 1 month. The brush head of an electric toothbrush should be replaced every 3 months. This is because electric toothbrushes are gentler and the bristle design is more conducive to teeth cleaning, so their service life can be longer.