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Interesting Facts About

Tongue Cleaners

  • Our tongue is the home of our taste buds.
  • The color of the tongue can tell a lot about a person’s health.
  • Our tongue is the only muscle in our body that is capable of sensing taste and sending taste signals to the brain.
  • In terms of flexibility, tongue beats every other muscle in our body!
  • If you don’t keep your tongue clean and you will get bad breath.

How-to-use

Tongue Cleaners

Tongue Cleaning is a MUST!

Tongue cleaning is one of the best methods in preventing bad breath.

Cleaning your tongue with a tongue cleaner is more effective than cleaning it with a toothbrush

1. Rinse your tongue cleaner before and after using it to remove bacteria and food debris that may be present. Start cleaning at the back of your tongue, and work your way forward.

2. If you use a tongue brush, move it the same way you moved the tongue cleaner from the back of the tongue to the front of the tongue. You may have to use this method a few times in order to adequately clean your entire tongue.

3.Scrape and clean the entire top and side surfaces of your tongue, not just the center.Rinse the tongue brush or tongue scraper off after you use it to remove bacteria and any food debris from the areas of the tongue you cleaned.Rinse your mouth after cleaning your tongue.

Floss

Dental Tape

  • Traditional
  • Biodegradable
  • Thin filament (nylon)
  • Waxed/ Nonwaxed
  • Multitude of Flavors
  • Colored
  • Closely spaced teeth

  • Relatively New (Teflon)
  • Flat & Wide Surface
  • Comfortable
  • Flexible
  • Farther spaced teeth
  • Receded Gums
  • Bridgework

How-to-use Dental Tape

1. Use about 40 cm of tape. Wind the ends around the middle finger on each hand and hold a short length of tape tightly between your thumbs and index fingers.

2. Insert the tape between your teeth using a back-and-forth movement.

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From the Tongue Brushers & Flossers

3. Curve the tape around each

tooth. Clean above and 1-2 mm below the gum line, moving the tape back and forth and up and down. Remove the tape using a back-and-forth action.

WHAT THE FLOSS?

Just floss the teeth you want to keep!

Waxed Floss

Features of waxed floss:

  • Smooth surface provided by the wax coating helps the floss slide through the contact area
  • Ease in sliding the floss between the teeth may minimize tissue trauma
  • Wax gives strength and durability during application to minimize breaking.

Waxed Floss Might Be for You If:

  • Can be flavored
  • Tightly spaced teeth
  • Easy to use for those who have closely spaced teeth.

Non-Waxed Floss

How-to Floss

Non-waxed Floss Might Be for You If:

  • You want a thinner floss which makes it easier to maneuver
  • You want to avoid chemicals in waxed floss
  • You have crowded teeth
  • You're pregnant and want unflavored floss that won't trigger nausea
  • You don’t like the lingering taste of flavored waxed floss, which can interfere with how food tastes.

3.When the floss reaches the gum line, curve it into a C shape against one tooth. Gently slide it into the space between the gum and the tooth.

2. Hold the floss tightly between your thumbs and forefingers. Guide the floss between your teeth, using a gentle back-and-forth motion. To avoid injuring your gums, never snap the floss into the gum tissue.

1.Break off about 18 inches of floss and wind most of it around one of your middle fingers. Wind the remaining floss around a finger of the opposite hand. This finger will take up the used floss.

5. Repeat this method for the rest of your teeth. As you move from tooth to tooth, unwind the clean floss with the finger on the opposite hand. Do not forget the backside of the last tooth.

4. Hold the floss tightly against the tooth. Gently rub the side of tooth, moving the floss away from the gum with up-down motions.

Floss Holders

1. Place floss between teeth for insertion

2. To prevent excess pressure, a hand rest is maintained

3. Floss is lowered slightly below the gumline and holder should be pulled against the tooth surface

4. Incorrect use of floss holder results in injury

Purpose of

Floss Holders

  • Used for ppl who experience difficulty w/ manual or finger flossing
  • Large hands
  • Limited mouth opening
  • Strong gag reflex
  • Limited dexterity or use of only one hand
  • Crowded teeth
  • People that need daily motivation

Dental Auxiliary:

Plaque Control Devices

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