At the very minimum, you should be rinsing your mouth guard with lukewarm water and brushing it gently once a day. All the experts I spoke to said a standard drugstore toothbrush will do; just make ...

Removable retainers can be easily taken out and must be used and cleaned regularly. Permanent retainers stay on the teeth until a dentist removes them and do not require remembering to wear them daily ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — While you brush your teeth every day, that’s only part of good dental care. Your toothbrush misses the tight spaces between your teeth where plaque builds up, and decay can take ...

Use an 18- to 24-inch strand of floss for proper flossing. Gently curve the floss in a "C" shape around each tooth to clean under the gum line. Floss daily to prevent plaque buildup and maintain ...

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Brian T. Luong, DMD, is an orthodontist at Anaheim Hills Orthodontics and Santa Ana Orthodontics and Chief Dental Officer at Become Aligners. You should floss your teeth once a day to prevent cavities ...

Every single dental care product you use is made from plastic — no, that’s not an exaggeration. Toothbrushes have plastic handles and bristles. Floss thread is essentially a plastic string packed in a ...

I know, it’s the hygiene chore most of us love to hate. In 2015, an American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) survey showed that 27 percent of U.S. adults lie to their dentist about how often they ...

- We cannot draw firm conclusions about any one approach to retention over another because we have little confidence in the evidence. - More well-planned studies are needed. They should measure tooth ...

Introduction: bonded fixed retainers are often used to stabilize the results obtained with the orthodontic treatment. It is important that they do not prejudice dental health, as they will be used for ...