Dental Hygiene – Do’s & Don’ts

Dental hygiene refers to care for teeth to keep them looking clean and healthy. It is part of maintaining good oral hygiene that includes:

• Keeping teeth clean and debris-free.
• Ensuring healthy gums that are pink in colour and do not hurt when one brushes or floss.
• No bad breath.

Dental hygiene should be part of everyone’s dental preventive care and can be managed through simple activities practised daily along with regular check-ups with the dentist. Dental hygiene is important to keep teeth healthy and control teeth problems before they become painful, worrisome and expensive to treat. Healthy teeth and gums enable people to eat and speak properly, while also making one look and feel good.