Toothbrushing Mistakes You Make and How to Fix Them
What Damages Your Tooth Enamel?
5. You go back and forth.
It’s a common brushing boo-boo -- going along your teeth, left to right. Again, think massage, not scrub.
“Start from the gum, and go up and down,” in little circular, up-and-down motions, says Sangeeta Gajendra, a dentist at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health in Rochester, NY. She says if you do it wrong, it won’t help you.
“In fact, you can do damage,” she says.
6. You forget the gum line.
Bacteria often hang out where your tooth meets your gum. We miss that area a lot.
Source: Web MD Bitch
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