Good Tooth vs Bad Tooth

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  Hi everyone. My name is Hailey Reese.

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  And I am a dental student hygienist at pueblo Community College.

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  And today I'm gonna be teaching you how to properly brush your teeth.

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  So we'll go over some different pamphlets,

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  some different videos that I've created and we'll do um

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  a little visual activity that we can work together on.

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  And then at the end we will go over a little post test just to see what you've learned.

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  So let's get started here.

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  We're first going to go into how to properly brush your teeth.

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  And so why we want to learn this is because we

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  want you to brush your teeth the correct way so you um

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  can remove all of the plaque in the bacteria and also prevent

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  yourself from getting cavities because no one wants to get cavities.

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  So we'll start off with how to achieve good oral hygiene.

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  Um And so first step is you want to be using a soft bristle toothbrush.

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  Um This is just so it's not super aggressive on your gums.

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  You don't want to be too um strong with your hand,

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  making sure that you're gums are bleeding.

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  So we don't want that.

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  So we want to make sure that we're using a soft

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  bristle toothbrush and just being very gentle with our um toothbrush.

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  So first we're going to apply the toothpaste and

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  you only need about a pea size of toothpaste.

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  So you don't need a lot of toothpaste to um get all of the plaque off.

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  Um So first what we're gonna do is you're gonna start by brushing the back teeth.

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  So you want to make sure that you get all of your molars in the far,

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  far back because that's where a lot of food likes to get trapped.

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  So we'll start with our back teeth and then we'll move to our front teeth.

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  And so after we work with our back teeth and

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  our front teeth we are going to brush our tongue.

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  And so our tongue.

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  If you're not brushing your tongue good um There's a lot of plaque

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  and bacteria that gets stuck on the tongue which can create that breath.

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  Um You don't want to get any cavities. You want to make sure you get all of your mouth.

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  Um And then from there um it depends on your age. If you are able to use a mouth rinse.

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  Um So if you're able to fully spit out the

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  mouth rinse without swallowing it you're able to use it.

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  Um If you still can't do it yet, that's okay. You can wait till you're a little older.

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  Um Just making sure that we get all of the mouth runs out because you don't

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  want to get a stomach ache and you don't want to swallow any of that.

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  Um And then after that what you'll do is you will floss.

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  And so with the floss you want to make

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  sure you're getting in between all of your teeth.

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  Um Just because there is some food that can get trapped in there.

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  Um And so you want to make sure you get that because

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  you don't want to get cavities inside or in between your teeth.

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  And so next what we're gonna go into is

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  we're gonna go into a little video demonstration.

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  Um And so this is just some tips on how to get all of the surfaces of your teeth.

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  Um So you want to remember to brush twice a day to remove all your black.

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  You wanna brush once in the morning and once at night.

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  And then you also want to make sure you're flossing at least once a day.

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  And if you're not able to do this by yourself you can ask a parent to help you.

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  Um And so what we're gonna do is I'm going to play a little video

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  here for you um showing you on how to get all of the surfaces.