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THE HIDDEN DANGERS OF DENTAL CARE NEGLECT AND HOW PROPER CARE PROTECTS MORE THAN JUST YOUR SMILE

Did you know that poor oral health can harm your heart and lungs?

This article highlights the hidden dangers of dental neglect and how awareness can improve both oral and overall health.

Dental health refers to the condition of your teeth, gums, and mouth, focusing on preventing decay, gum disease, and maintaining good oral hygiene for overall health.

Poor dental health often results from a lack of basic oral care knowledge.

Studies show that 80% of people brush horizontally, damaging gum structure.

Many rinse after brushing, reducing fluoride’s effect.

These common habits, driven by poor awareness, contribute to gum disease, cavities, and tooth decay.

Learning simple hygiene practices and proper dental care can prevent these issues and promote lasting oral health.

Untreated dental caries, also known as unfilled cavities, affect 2.5 billion people globally.

As decay progresses, it causes pain, infection, and tooth loss.

WHO estimates 3.7 billion people suffer from oral disease, making it a global concern.

The American Heart Association links untreated caries to heart disease, diabetes, respiratory problems, and dementia.

Mouth bacteria can enter the bloodstream, causing inflammation and clogged vessels that damage organs like the heart and brain.

This shows why proper dental care is essential for both oral and overall health.

Proper dental care helps keep teeth, gums and mouth healthy by preventing decay and disease.

It involves more than just brushing, it’s about using the right techniques and habits daily.

Brushing vertically is better than brushing side-to-side, as it cleans along the gum line and tooth surfaces without harming the gums.

Also, brushing twice daily (in the morning and at night) removes bacteria and food buildup.

While morning brushing clears overnight bacteria, nighttime brushing prevents decay.

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THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE CHOOSING BRACES

A smile is filled with a glint, especially with the right set of dentition; the arrangement of the teeth. The dentition is a basic structure that forms the appearance of the face that makes the face pleasant to look at or otherwise.

Why do people go for braces you might ask? Braces are used to reposition the dentitions, aligning the teeth which in turn make the face, the jawline and the mouth more symmetrical. Yet, sometimes, braces are fixed for the mere fun of it; where such people find it fashionable and other concerns such as using the braces to shed weight.

Not all are naturally gifted with a set of dentitions that others die for. Varying complications like excess space in the teeth, crowding, underbite, open bite and overbite are some of the noteworthy concerns that drive people to fix braces. As a result, the ones with some form of deformity to their dentition referred to as ‘Malocclusion’, find themselves in the dentist chair.

Thankfully, this inappropriate placement of the teeth arrangement is something the dentist, particularly the orthodontist can fix.

Besides the above-listed reasons like sucking of the thumb, tongue thrusting and even using pacifiers above the age of 3 plus the extended use of bottles can cause the inappropriate overlapping of the teeth.

In the quest to fix up what nature didn’t get right, some go for braces and catching it young will be better. Getting braces at the ages of 10-14 is appropriate because the jaw of a young individual is more flexible to repositioning than that of an adult.

Choosing your braces

People who choose braces sometimes have aesthetic concerns. As such, there are several colours of braces to suit both light and dark skin tones. At the same time, opting for darker colours will create the illusion of white teeth.

As there are different colours to suit the artistic concerns of users, there are also several braces that cater to the different medical concerns of malocclus

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