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Sunday, January 5, 2014

By Chet Sandeksi


We have all dutifully gone to our six month dental check-up only to leave the dentist office with slightly bleeding gums and a scolding from the dental assistant to, "floss more and buy and electric toothbrush." While the dentist in Lincoln, NE and his assistant are just doing their job, it is frustrating to be told that your old dental routine is not hacking it, but you do not want to invest in a fancy electric toothbrush. If that last scolding was one too many and you are now considering investing in an electric tooth, an electric toothbrush is well worth the cost.

First of all, they clean your teeth better than your wrist and the flimsy plastic thing you use to brush your pearly whites. Bona fided electric toothbrushes are more than electric toothbrushes with batteries that vibrate.

Kimberly, 18, dating, high school senior: "Oh definitely. In health class, they showed us all these disgusting pictures of old people that didn't brush well and how their teeth were all decaying and falling out and it was disgusting. Like I almost puked. There is no way that I wouldn't brush at least twice a day, maybe three times. And I'm making my boyfriend promise to brush too. If this goes anywhere, I'm not marrying a man whose teeth are going to fall out by the time we're forty."

As result of the many features of an electric toothbrush, they keep you from brushing too hard. With manual toothbrushes, in order to get a good clean we may brush too intensely resulting in sensitive and sometimes bloody gums.

Mildred, 79, widowed, rest home poker champion: "You see this here? These are my dentures. I have them because I didn't brush often enough. So brush unless you want to end up like me kiddo."

The American Dental Association also recommends an electric toothbrush for individuals who have limited mobility in their hands and wrists. This can include people with arthritis, carpal tunnel, or other dexterity issues. And electric toothbrush has a larger handle and does not require you to vigorously shake your hand and wrist to clean your teeth.

Another niffy feature of electric toothbrushes is their built in timer that to make sure you brush the proper amount of time. It is recommended that you brush two minutes a day, spending at least thirty second on each quadrant of your mouth. Most of us don't have clocks in our bathrooms so such a feature is handy, especially when most of us are prone to underbrush.

Dr. Abram, 51, married, dentist: "It is important that everyone brushes twice a day. It is essential to brush at night because your mouth will dry out during the night causing bacteria to fix to your teeth, damaging the enamel. Nighttime is the perfect breeding time for oral bacteria. You don't want them making a home in your mouth overnight."

Conclusion: brush every night. For more oral hygiene advice or for excellent dental service, visit your Lincoln Dentists. Dentists in Lincoln NE are well equipped to meet your every oral need.




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