On the other hand, rinse the mouth has a big advantage, “eliminate the bacterial biofilm which has been dislodged by brushing. It means that if you do not rinse and brush your teeth and keep all this bacterial biofilm, it is likely to recolonize the surface of the teeth on which it has just been dislodged. “He adds:”There are even sometimes post-brosting mouthwashes that may still allow you to go further.”
The error that we make almost all by washing our teeth
But watch out for mouthwashes: “Buccal antiseptics should only be used temporarily and much more targeted, for example after surgery, but not lasting in any case, so as not to unbalance the oral microbiota, specifies the dentist. A unbalanced oral microbiota, likely to cause at that time the appearance of pathologies by the development of much more pathogenic bacteria which do not have their place normally in large quantities“
If you pass the brush or the dental wire in the interstices between your teeth, you still have to rinse, to eliminate the biofilm. “”Conventional brushing will not be able to eliminate a good part of the biofilm which is between the teeth“Recalls Professor Van Heusen.
This habit that is useless
In the same vein, do we wet the toothbrush before putting the toothpaste or do we leave it dry? “”It changes absolutely nothing, it is only a question of comfort, the toothbrush is less “riche” “in the first moments of brushing if it is wet, but the fact of moisting it does not change the effectiveness of brushing. The toothpaste is only an adjuvant, what matters is a good mechanical brushing.“
And from clinical experience, the specialist finds that the use of an electric brush which already makes the correct movement generally gives better results in terms of efficiency than manual toothbrush. “”There are two technologies: the rotary head or sonic or ultrasonic toothbrush, which makes vibrations: without moving the head, the vibration makes it possible to dislocate the bacterial biofilm. Studies show a small advantage of this second version, but some patients prefer the other version … it depends from one person to another.”