Criteria for choosing basic and additional oral hygiene products and methods

Why is it so important to take care of your mouth?

Proper oral care will help you avoid various dental problems, the most common of which is caries. People also often experience bad breath and tooth loss at an early age. If you don't brush your teeth every day or do it poorly, then decaying food debris gradually accumulates between your teeth. Because of this, teeth look untidy and there is an unpleasant odor.

If you do not get rid of plaque in time, then over time it develops into tartar. As a result, even after high-quality teeth cleaning, the breath does not become fresh, the gums become inflamed, and they often bleed.

Usually stones appear closer to the gums between the teeth. Over time, this leads to the development of caries, since such deposits negatively affect tooth enamel. In addition, this is a very favorable environment for the proliferation of microbes.

According to scientific research, about 70 diseases are associated precisely with the presence of bacteria in the oral cavity. These include:

• heart and vascular diseases;
• rheumatism;
• disease of the gastrointestinal tract;
• skin disease;
• problems with the nervous system.

To remove the stone, you will need professional oral hygiene from a dentist. A common problem is gum inflammation.

When microbes actively multiply in the oral cavity, a focus of chronic infection is formed. This negatively affects the immune system and, in rare cases, causes infectious and inflammatory diseases of various organs. Therefore, you should not neglect oral hygiene and visit the dentist twice a year.

Professional oral hygiene

Even if you brush your teeth thoroughly every day, 35% of the resulting plaque remains on them. After all, it is impossible to reach all the interdental spaces and the space under the gums with a regular brush. Not everyone uses dental floss or a home irrigator. Therefore, it is recommended to sign up twice a year for a professional procedure for cleaning your teeth from accumulated plaque and tartar.

Professional hygiene means diagnosing existing dental problems and further cleaning them from stone and plaque. If necessary, local anesthesia is administered. Under the influence of ultrasound, hard and soft deposits are removed from visible areas and interdental space. Next, the space under the gums is treated. At this stage, special available devices are used that are not capable of damaging teeth and, when used correctly, do not injure the gums.

• If the cause of plaque is frequent consumption of coffee, tea, certain medications, as well as smoking, then an additional device is used that cleans the teeth using a jet aerosol jet.
• When the stones are removed, they proceed to polishing the enamel. This will help protect the oral cavity from the accumulation and proliferation of bacteria and the appearance of plaque. There are special pastes for this. They are distributed using special attachments that resemble a brush and an elastic band.
• The last stage involves applying a fluoride-containing substance to the enamel. It creates additional protection and eliminates excessive sensitivity of the gums.

Brushes for cleaning interdental spaces

The brushes are designed for cleaning interdental spaces, spaces under fixed orthodontic arches, areas of bridges and spaces between implants. The brushes vary in shape - conical, cylindrical, and in size.

Recommendations for use:

1. Bring the brush to the interdental space. Find the correct angle of the brush for comfortable and easy insertion of the brush.

2. Gently insert the brush until it comes out the other side.

3. Make one or two back-and-forth movements, remove the brush and rinse it under running water.

4. Proceed with cleaning the next interdental space.

5. Never insert the brush into narrow interdental spaces with force. A properly selected brush easily fits into the interdental spaces. Your dentist or hygienist will help you choose the right size brush.

6. It is recommended to change the brush every 5-7 days.

Personal hygiene

Every child and adult should know the basic rules of personal hygiene.

1. Brush your teeth in the morning after sleep and before bed. Experts advise brushing your teeth after every meal to provide additional protection against plaque and tooth decay. But 2 times will be enough.
2. Go to the dentist for a check-up every year. Ideally, you should go to the dentist once every six months, but if you have never had serious dental problems before, then one visit a year will be enough.
3. Choose the right toothbrush hardness, taking into account the condition of your teeth and gums.
4. Cheeks, gums and tongue need additional care.
5. After each meal you need to remove leftover food. A mouthwash is suitable for this. You can also buy dental floss, or in a pinch, toothpicks will do. You can also chew gum for 5-7 minutes. Experts strongly advise against using chewing gum for more than 15 minutes, as this will only have a negative effect on the condition of your teeth.
6. Maintain a proper diet. You need to eat less acidic foods and foods that stick to your teeth.

Oral hygiene at home

For complete care, you need to purchase a set of several products. Most people prefer to use only a toothbrush and toothpaste, but this is not enough to clean the space between the teeth. Namely, it is in these places that a large number of microbes accumulate. Therefore, it is worth using additional funds.

Toothbrushes

For each person, a brush is purchased individually. When choosing it, you should take into account the size, stiffness of the bristles, and ease of holding it in your hand. As a rule, they usually buy brushes of medium hardness. Soft brushes are worth buying for those who have excessive gum sensitivity and bleeding gums. A hard brush is suitable for completely healthy teeth, as well as for the care of dentures. You need to brush your teeth in the morning and evening for 2-3 minutes. You need to buy a new brush every three months.

Toothpastes

This is an essential tool in oral care. There are preventive and therapeutic pastes, in the form of cream and gel, with varying fluoride content. Only a specialist can recommend medicinal pastes.

Toothpaste should be changed every three months. Sometimes it is necessary to use several means at once, from which different effects are achieved.

Dental floss

It is also called floss. It allows you to clean the interdental space. It comes in several types: round, flat, twisted, covered with or without wax. It is necessary to choose dental floss based on individual characteristics, as well as taking into account the distance between adjacent teeth. Floss serves as an excellent addition to your usual oral care products.

Tongue cleaners

Plaque accumulates not only on the teeth, but also on the tongue. To get rid of it, you should use toothbrushes with a ribbed rubber surface. A special device is also sold for this. It is necessary to clean the top of the tongue and its sides. The movements should go towards the tip of the tongue.

Rinse aids

They need to be used twice a day for a minute. If you constantly use rinses, this will ensure good hygiene and additional cleaning of the oral cavity.

Irrigators

Irrigator is a modern development for oral care. Strong water pressure removes plaque and remaining food in hard-to-reach places. It is recommended to purchase it for those people who have bridges or crowns. Irrigators have several operating modes: shower, jet, hydromassage. The devices can be powered or battery-powered.

Choosing toothpaste

First of all, buy only toothpastes that contain fluoride. This substance makes the outer layer of enamel stronger. However, there are many people who have an allergic reaction to it. There are also a number of other medical contraindications. In such a situation, you will have to choose a paste with a different composition. But in any case, before purchasing a cleaning product, consult a specialist.

Similar recommendations apply when choosing children's toothpaste. It is important that it tastes good.

Also take into account the sensitivity of your teeth. Special pastes are produced for teeth with increased sensitivity. If you want to whiten your enamel, choose bleaching compounds.

Useful tips

1. Prevention of oral diseases should be carried out with hydrogen peroxide (3%). She needs to rinse her mouth daily. Hydrogen peroxide must be diluted with baking soda (a quarter teaspoon).
2. After brushing your teeth, rinse your toothbrush with hydrogen peroxide.
3. If you have gingivitis or periodontitis, then you should massage your gums using fir oil.
4. Kombucha tincture will help in the fight against stomatitis (you need to keep it for a week).

Choosing a rinse aid

There are antibacterial and fluoride rinses. They all include breath freshening ingredients. Formulations containing fluoride coat the enamel with a film of fluoride that protects against caries. Antibacterial rinses do an excellent job of removing plaque. Children under 6 years old need to buy only those formulations that do not contain alcohol.

Hygienists from the CrocoDent clinic network provide professional hygienic teeth cleaning services. This procedure must be completed every 4-6 months.

Where to buy oral care products

Oral care products are sold in every pharmacy. They are not medications, so they can also be found in specialized stores. The Aptstore pharmacy offers a wide range of oral care products. The pharmacy has the necessary certificates for all products offered, which it can provide to the buyer if necessary. All products are sold without a doctor's prescription.

Pharmacies are located in Moscow and the Moscow region. The pharmacy chain is growing rapidly and new locations are planned to open in other cities soon.

Therapeutic and prophylactic paste

It needs to be used daily. If there is no obvious inflammation in the mouth, use any fluoride-containing pastes, as they all have an antimicrobial effect. The use of pastes should be targeted:

• For inflammation, you should use pastes containing not only fluorides, but also herbal extracts.
• In case of exacerbation - pastes with antiseptics that have pronounced antimicrobial activity and contain chlorhexidine, triclosan, cetylperidium chloride. They should not be used constantly, as dysbiosis of the oral cavity may appear, so it is better to use pastes for two to three weeks, or a maximum of a month.
• If your teeth are hypersensitive to external irritants, you should use Sensitive toothpastes.

Purchasing products from an online pharmacy

You can save a lot of money by shopping online. Very often they offer discounts and promotions on different categories of goods. Even if there are no discounts, the product will cost less than in similar real pharmacies.

Quite often, the buyer has to drive around or go around several pharmacies to find the right product. “Aptstore” allows you to very conveniently and quickly book the product you are interested in, which is 100% guaranteed to arrive to the customer. It is worth considering that purchased goods cannot be returned or exchanged.

• Before making an online purchase on the Aptstore pharmacy website, you need to go through a simple registration, which involves 3 simple steps: enter the necessary information (last name, first name, phone number, email address), select the desired product and confirm the order.
• After successful completion of registration, the user is taken to his personal account. Oral care products can be found in the catalog in the appropriate section by entering the name of a specific product into the search field, or you can use the help of a consultant. When the product is selected, it must be added to the cart.
• If the client is still thinking about whether to buy a drug, he can add it to his favorites so as not to lose it and further facilitate the search process.

The buyer sees two prices for the product. The top one indicates the pre-order price. In this case, the goods are delivered from the warehouse within 1-3 days and will cost less. The lower price does not indicate the cost of the product if you buy it from stock.

If there is no urgent need for a product, then it is better to save a little and pre-order. It will come to the specified address of the nearest pharmacy. When the products are added to the cart, you need to click the “Place an order” button. Each user receives notifications by phone and email about what order was placed, its status and at what address it can be picked up.

To correctly determine the address, you can use the map, which is also presented on the pharmacy’s website. All pharmacy locations will be marked with red flags. You can also see the nearest metro stations and the distance from them to the nearest pharmacies.

There is no need to look for options for home delivery of pharmacy products. By law, such activities are prohibited. Such services are provided only by illegal companies or scammers. Therefore, you should not put yourself at risk again.