With the media reports, many people know the importance of regular dental cleaning, dental cleaning has become a necessary item for many elderly oral health care.
But once you clean your teeth, you’re good to go?
Some studies suggest that poor care during the first two days after a dental cleaning can do more damage than not having a dental cleaning.
Is that true?
How should we protect our teeth after cleaning?
After cleaning teeth, teeth are very fragile many people feel confused, teeth will ache when eating after cleaning, some feel the teeth become loose, some even feel the teeth shake, teeth cleaning makes teeth become more “bad”, why do you want to clean teeth?
Dental cleaning usually removes stones, plaque and exogenous pigment from the teeth, which themselves do no direct damage to the teeth.
The tooth stone attached to the tooth, will form a layer of calcification, the surface will help the tooth to isolate external stimuli, but also play a role in fixing the tooth.
But it gradually erodes the tooth, which in the long run causes the gums to recede and the root to be exposed. And because the calculus is covered, the receding gums are hard to detect and only exposed after the tooth is cleaned.
So the discomfort people feel after having their teeth cleaned is not caused by the cleaning. The symptoms are already there, but have been masked by the culprit.
When the stone is washed away, the damaged tooth will be exposed, and the tooth is very fragile.
Teeth have some ability to repair themselves, but the process is very slow.
So after cleaning, we should pay extra attention to protect our teeth.
How to care for the modern dental cleaning technology is gradually improving, ultrasonic vibration cleaning and tooth surface polishing can well reduce the re-attachment of dental stones and plaque, if the gum retreat is obvious, it will also be coated with a layer of desensitization agent (a very thin biofilm), to protect the teeth from external stimuli.
If you still feel soreness or discomfort when you go home after cleaning your teeth, try the following.
Avoid external stimuli: Food that usually causes irritation to teeth is nothing more than too cold, too hot, too sour, too hot. If you eat some foods that are too stimulating and cause sore teeth after cleaning, it is recommended to avoid them as far as possible.
And after cleaning, experts recommend avoiding food with sharp edges and corners, such as dim sum and bone residue.
Brush your teeth with soft brush cleaning, must be forced to high frequency tremor is appropriate.
Use anti-acid toothpaste: There are a variety of toothpaste on the market today, many of which have anti-acid or anti-sensitivity effects, of course, the efficacy of each brand is different.
Use a suitable anti-acid or anti-sensitivity toothpaste and apply it to the gums, or apply it before brushing and then brushing.
To some extent, it can relieve the sensitivity of teeth after cleaning.
Oral irrigator (water floss) : Many people feel that their teeth are loose after cleaning, because the stone between the teeth is washed away. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the cleaning between the teeth after cleaning to avoid food residue impaction and increase the risk of dental stone re-attachment.
Experts suggest that the public can use oral irrigator, commonly known as water floss, to clean between teeth.
This flusher is very easy to operate, can be used at home, and the effect is very good.
