Every species has teeth, which are also a physiological organ of a vertebrate that can help humans chew food. The teeth are a very hard organ, but the teeth are also vulnerable to damage, and the following bad habits are damaging your teeth'health.

 8 Habits damage dental health

1. Wash your mouth hard when brushing your teeth

Dr Phil Stetmer, a London dental specialist, said the acid and sugar produced during eating can temporarily weaken the protective effect of tooth enamel. Brushing your teeth immediately after a meal is more likely to destroy tooth enamel. It is recommended to wait at least half an hour after meals before brushing your teeth, and at the same time to avoid hard gargle, so as not to weaken the protective effect of fluoride toothpaste on the teeth.

 2, lateral chewing

Can rotate the tooth arch to the chewing side, make the jaw to the chewing side, resulting in face asymmetry.

 3, biting habit

Refers to the habitual biting of objects, such as long-term use of a tooth, will form a small opening of the bite tooth.

 4, sleep habits

When sleeping, often use the hand, fist pillow under one side of the face or hold with the hand, which can lead to abnormal maxillofacial development and facial asymmetry.

 5, finger-sucking habit

The onset is higher, it is in a normal nerve reflex in infancy, before 2-3 years old can be regarded as normal physiological activities, 4-6 years old should gradually disappear, if continue to appear can be regarded as a bad habit. Because sucking finger, the thumb in front teeth, will prevent the front teeth normal union, cause closed round gap between front teeth, called open and close, because the sucking effect lasts for a long time, mouth pressure, and the pressure of the buccal muscles, can narrow tooth arch, anterior teeth, open lip teeth, thumb pressure on the hard palate, but also can make its depression, hinder the nasal cavity development down.

 6, spit out the tongue or the tongue licking teeth habit

This habit mostly appears in children, children often in the tooth change period with the tip of the tongue licking loose baby teeth, permanent teeth just emerging permanent teeth or residual roots, which will form the habit of spitting tongue or licking teeth. Because the tip of the tongue to the anterior teeth, long on, forcing the teeth to protrude forward and form open lip teeth. Sometimes prismatic gaps can be formed between the upper and lower anterior teeth, that is, small open bite.

 7, picking habit

Children's teeth are very closely arranged, usually eating is not easy to be embedded in the teeth. If the habit of picking teeth is formed, the teeth will slowly widen, and the food is easy to be embedded into the teeth, and the residue of these foods will make the gums inflammation. Adults should not pick their teeth casually. If the toothpick is not hygienic, when the mucosa of the gums is removed, the bacteria will directly cause the problem of bleeding gums.

 8. Open your mouth while swimming

Professor Dr. Demen Damsley, a British Dental Association expert, said chlorine in swimming pools could cause tooth erosion, loss of hard tissue on the tooth surface, discolored and sensitizing teeth. After swimming, it is best to brush your teeth or gargle.

 Dental health is very important for us

Be sure to take "care" of it in time

1. Be alert to root caries: After middle age, as the periodontal area began to atrophy, the tooth neck and part of the root began to be exposed. The hardness of these parts is low, caries resistance is poor, prone to caries. Root surface caries is called clinically. One of the characteristics of root caries is that the position is hidden, not easy to find, so the most easy to be ignored by people, so, middle-aged people should regularly check the teeth, as early as possible, as early as filling, reduce pain and loss.

 2, the prevention and treatment of periodontitis: periodontitis is a common disease in middle-aged people, but it is not like dental caries as people understand and attention. Many people think that they will have periodontitis and take some medicine. As everyone knows, periodontitis is often recurrent, eventually leading to loose and lost teeth. To deal with periodontitis, only by taking medicine and can not solve the problem, but should do local periodontal treatment, usually with effective brushing, the treatment effect is satisfactory.

 3. Repair missing teeth: Some people think that it is normal to lack a few teeth, but they do not know that this will significantly reduce the chewing ability, affect digestion and nutrition absorption, accelerate the loosening and loss of adjacent teeth, and affect the language and appearance.

 4, warm water brushing: after middle age, due to tooth surface erosion and periodontal atrophy, dentin exposure, teeth are easy to appear sensitive, cold, hot, sour, sweet will feel sour and soft teeth. This repeated too cold, overheating stimulation, can lead to pulpitis, damage to the health of the teeth. Brush teeth with warm water to avoid too cold, overheated stimulation, can reduce the occurrence of pulp inflammation.

 5, the correct way to brush your teeth: brush your teeth no less than twice a day, especially once at night. When brushing, put the brush head on the teeth and the gums at 45 degrees gently brush, brush the upper teeth from the bottom and the bottom teeth from the bottom up; brush the inside of each tooth; ——, gently brush the toothbrush with the top of the toothbrush; brush the teeth back and forth; brush the toothbrush on the tongue, gently brush the toothbrush from the root of the tongue to the tongue, can better remove bad odor.

 6, dental exercises: life lies in the movement, the teeth also need to exercise. Three meals a day, although the teeth are also in the exercise, but just as the limbs in the activity every day but can not completely replace the health care exercise, the chewing action of three meals is not enough. Teeth also need their own exercise, such as tapping teeth, tongue massage, drum gargle, clenched teeth, etc.