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The Choice of a Good Toothpaste

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Good ToothpasteTo have beautiful and healthy teeth should maintain good oral hygiene. The choice of toothpaste with specific properties is essential.

Antiplaque and antibacterial
The problem Dental plaque is a deposit of food debris and bacteria that is set in the teeth. The sugars are converted into acids and are wearing away the enamel, creating cavities. The gum tissue becomes irritated, causing gingivitis and teeth eventually loosen their grips natural.

The solution: use a toothpaste with high concentration of chlorhexidine, since it is a powerful antibacterial. This component purifies the mouth and helps fight bacteria, limiting the onset of gingivitis. The action is progressive and takes several hours.

Strengthen the enamel
The problem: Over time, the enamel wears out, cracks, demineralized by lack of saliva. This is the one that supplies the teeth and provides them with calcium. The gums recede causing the mobility of the teeth, which eventually lose their natural color.

The solution: a peroxide-based toothpaste calcium can mineralize and strengthen tooth enamel, while eliminating the bacteria responsible for plaque. This molecule also has a bleaching effect, attenuating the color of the surface. For greater efficiency, it is advisable to keep a time the toothpaste in the mouth after brushing and before rinsing.

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Toothpaste For Your Child

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Toothpaste For Your Child

After 3 years, if not ingest toothpaste, fluoride toothpaste can be used that have proven anticaries action. Brush should be placed in very small quantities, sufficient to be the size of a lentil. Current trends in the use of fluoride in caries preventive focus on local application of fluoride toothpaste in the form of daily use, daily or weekly rinses and professional topically according to patient risk.

The use of fluoride supplements by eating when no fluoride in drinking water is reduced to its local action in cases of children at high risk of dental disease.

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