To guarantee prevention of gum disease it is essential that you maintain clean gums and teeth. Ensure to floss at most once within 24 hours and to properly brush your teeth at least two times in a day. This goes hand in hand with proper utilization of flossing and brushing techniques.
It begins when plaque attaches below and at the open end of your gums. When you fail to brush and floss every day, it later hardens into calculus (also known as tartar). This tartar develops a bacterial contamination at the spot of attachment. In such early stages, dentists refer to gum disease as gingivitis.
At first, you will not notice anything major other than your gums getting a bit red, but as the gingivitis gets more severe little pockets of infection start forming. As you progress your gums will get puffy and bleed a bit while brushing, but over time the infection spreads and you may risk losing a tooth or more.
Brushing: Gently brush your teeth while paying significant attention to the spots where your gums and teeth meet. Using the head of your brush make sure to clean behind your lower and upper front teeth thoroughly.
Flossing: Using a clean 18-inch floss, wrap a C shaped floss around a tooth and rub it over from the base to the crown several times. Repeat this on every tooth.
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