Types of Toothbrushes and Brushing techniques.

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 'Your Dental Compadre' is back with some exciting dental facts. The whole and sole goal of this medium is to encourage more and more individuals to engage themselves in maintaining oral health care.

Types of Toothbrushes and Brushing technique:

Why Brushing is important?

Brushing your teeth routinely for at least two mins, twice a day will benefit in prevention from plaque accumulation and formation. Thus, keeping your gums and teeth in good and healthy condition.

 

TYPES OF TOOTHBRUSHES:

1) MANUAL TOOTHBRUSH:

2)ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH: 

It is a power-driven device, it works on battery and when the button is turn on, its head starts oscillating, rotating or vibrating.

Benefits:

It provides precision cleaning of teeth.

It comes with built-in timer, brushing and cleaning modes, and built-in pressure indicators. Thus, reduces the risk of gum damage.

3) ULTRASONIC TOOTHBRUSH:

It works by generating ultrasound-induced vibration of the bristles.

It efficiently removes plaque and dental biofilm and helps in reduction of gum inflammation, whereas manual brush shows lower effectiveness.

4) INTERDENTAL TOOTHBRUSH:

USES:

It aids in cleaning interdental areas of the teeth as well as areas under the dental bridges and prosthetic units.

It is advisable for patients undergoing orthodontic treatment, in addition to who are using space maintainers and periodontal splints. 

5) KIDS TOOTHBRUSH:

RECENT ADVANCES:

1) DISPOSABLE TOOTHBRUSH:

It is available with toothpaste on a toothbrush, it's basically handy for travelers or for people who are on short trips.

2) CHEWABLE TOOTHBRUSH:

It contains xylitol, flavoring aqua and polydextrose.

It is really simple to use, you just need to chew and roll it around the mouth and dispose it off once it has been used, it doesn't require toothpaste or water.

3) ECO-FRIENDLY TOOTHBRUSH:

It is manufactured by using bamboo and bamboo viscose.

4) FINGER BRUSH: 

As soon as the first tooth erupts into the baby's mouth, you can start using finger brush with soft bristles to clean the teeth and massage the gums.

5)MUSICAL TOOTHBRUSH:

This brush has been designed especially for Childrens; it comes with music. 

How does it work?

when the button is pressed music gets played and child has to brush their teeth, as soon as it ends child should stop the procedure.

6) END-TUFF TOOTHBRUSH:

It is useful in cleaning areas between bridges, crown or crowded teeth and for patients undergoing orthodontic treatment.

BRUSHING TECHNIQUE FOR ADULTS:

A mob of people are oblivious about, How to properly brush their teeth? There are number of brushing techniques, but widely accepted one by ADA for general people is as follows:

In general, ADA (American Dental Association) recommends that: - 

Brush your upper and lower teeth gently- By placing the brush at 45-degree angle towards the tooth and gumline and move the brush in circular, jiggling motion and at the end give a vertical sweeping outward stroke.

For the inside surfaces of front upper and lower teeth, give up and down strokes by tilting the brush vertically.

Gently give back and forth motion to clean the biting surfaces of the teeth.

BRUSHING TECHNIQUE FOR CHILDREN:

This is the simplest way of teeth brushing for young children.

Simply, the child has to place the brush with light pressure on the teeth and move it in circular motion over all the surfaces of the teeth systematically for 4-5 times.

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-By Dr. Aditi Sudhir Choche