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How Long Do You Spend Brushing Your Teeth?
You treat your body right by exercising and eating well, but are you spending enough time ensuring your mouth is healthy? According to NYC-based dentist Dr. Nancy Rosen, a sufficient dental hygiene routine includes brushing your teeth for two to three minutes and one to two minutes of flossing.
How Many Times a Day Do You Brush Your Teeth?
Brushing your teeth is about as basic as dental health can get, and paired with flossing, it's the foundation for cleaning your gums and pearly whites. It's a habit instilled in us from the time teeth make their first appearance, but how often we brush tends to vary from person to person. How many times do you brush your teeth each day?
lil Tip: Brushing Your Child's Teeth
Trying to get your tot's teeth brushed, but they aren't into it? Turn the task into a game. When my daughter purses her lips and shuts off access to her pearly whites, I ask questions about her favorite things.
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Do You Brush Your Teeth at Work?
Brushing your teeth regularly is a great habit to start. I'm sure you brush in the morning and before bed at night, but what about when you're on the job?
Do You Brush Your Teeth at Work?
Just Five Minutes to a Healthier You
There is not a whole lot you can do in just five minutes. However there are two vital things you can do every day for your health and they only take about five minutes a day, which means you'll still have 1,435 minutes left in your day to do everything else.
- Floss your teeth (one minute, once a day).
- Brush your teeth (two minutes, twice a day).
Don't Avoid Your Dentist
Some of us just really hate to go to the dentist and avoid it at all costs. That avoidance might be costing you your teeth. Here is a little statistic that might inspire you: 30 percent of Americans over 60 no longer have their teeth.
Stained Teeth? Coffee Is Not the Only Culprit
We all want our teeth to be bright and white. There are so many whitening products and toothpastes on the shelves at my local drugstore. Dentists, for a pretty penny, professionally bleach stained and colored teeth.Are You Brushing Too Hard?
Tooth brushing is good for you, so more tooth brushing can only be better, right? Wrong. Overbrushing can actually be detrimental to your dental health.
Do You Brush Your Teeth After Every Meal?
I know I should be brushing my teeth every time I finish meals and snacks. I definitely brush my teeth in the morning after breakfast and before I hit the hay, but when it comes to brushing during the day, well my only excuse is that it's hard to remember. What about you?
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