In fact, you can cause damage to both your gums and your enamel by either brushing too hard or too long or even using the wrong type of brush. Now ,let’s talk about it.
The stuff that you’re trying to remove off your teeth is called plaque. It’s very soft and super easy to remove with regular normal brushing with a normal soft bristled toothbrush. The normal brushing which is no aggressive scrubbing your toothbrush. If you brush too aggressively over time, you can get recession and or toothbrush abrasion or enamel wear of your teeth just from aggressive brushing.
If you brushing for too long, it usually takes on average about two minutes to brush all of your teeth. It could take a little bit less if you have less teeth in your mouth or if you are a kid with smaller teeth. It could potentially take a little bit longer if you already have a history of some pretty advanced periodontal disease, so a lot of your roots are exposed, you have more tooth structure to clean, but maximum it should take you maybe like five minutes tops. But some people who tend to brush their teeth for 10-30 minutes, or even 30 minutes, they feel like they’re not doing a good enough job or they’re missing areas. But the thing is no matter how long you brush you’re bound to miss some spots whether it be, because your teeth are super crowded or maybe you just can’t open that wide to reach that area even I miss areas, which is why I get my teeth professionally cleaned on a regular basis.
The type of bristle. Most electric toothbrushes have the medium bristle, for manual toothbrushes, they come in an assortment of bristle stiffness including extra soft, soft, medium, hard. What you removing off of your teeth is super soft bristle, no need to use anything harder. When you’re using harder bristles, you run into the problem of receding gums and toothbrush abrasion, over time that can cause sensitivity to cold, I mean depending no how aggressive you brush you could even need fillings in those areas, because of the hypersensitivity. If your plaque has solidified and turned to tartar, no type of brush is going to remove that tartar. You need to come to dental and get it professionally removed with metal instruments by a dental hygienist.
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Post time: Sep-07-2023