National Smile Month 2022 Celebration
National Smile Month 2022
National Smile Month 2022 is 16th May until the 16th June. This campaign is run by the Oral Health Foundation to help improve everyone’s dental health.
A healthy smile doesn’t only benefit your mouth. It also helps you achieve better physical health and mental wellbeing. The good news is that a healthy mouth is easy to achieve.
Here are the Oral Health Foundation’s top tips for great oral health.
1. Brush for two minutes twice a day
Brushing for two minutes last thing at night and at one other time during the day with a fluoride toothpaste is key to maintaining good oral health.
Daily brushing is important because it removes plaque. If the plaque isn’t removed, it continues to build up, feeding on the bits of food left behind and causing tooth decay and gum disease.
Take a look at blog post on how to actually brush your teeth.
2. Interdental cleaning
Research shows that interdental cleaning before brushing is the best way to clean our teeth effectively. Interdental cleaners are tools used to better clean the gums and between the teeth. Even the most efficient toothbrushing technique would not result in removal of all plaque deposits. Popular Interdental cleaners are dental floss, interdental brushes and waterpicks.
Studies show that those of us who interdentally clean before brushing are left with a much cleaner mouth than those who did it afterwards.
Using interdental brushes or flossing is a key part of any good oral health routine.
We have a blog post on effective interdental cleaning.
3. Spit, don’t rinse
“Spit don’t rinse” is the message from the Oral Health Foundation. New research reveals many of us could be putting our oral health at risk by making the mistake of rinsing after we brush our teeth.
After brushing our teeth, we should spit out the toothpaste. Spitting out the excess paste and not rinsing ensures that the fluoride found in most toothpastes will remain on the teeth and continue to help protect the teeth.
Fluoride is the most important ingredient in toothpaste. It greatly helps oral health by strengthening the tooth enamel, making it more resistant to tooth decay.
There are a bewildering amount of toothpastes available, help is at hand with our blog post on what toothpaste should I choose.
4. Try a fluoride mouthwash
You can provide a boost to your oral health by using a fluoride mouthwash as it helps to clear the mouth of debris. It can also help you stop plaque from building-up on our gums, in-between our teeth, and on the surface of our teeth in between brushing. Mouthwash can help to freshen our breath by killing the bacteria associated with bad breath.
It’s important to remember that using a fluoride mouthwash is not a replacement for twice daily brushing. Used properly it can be an effective addition to your oral hygiene routine.
5. Beware of snacking
What we eat can have a big influence on our oral health. Snacking every now and again may seem harmless but can actually do more damage than you think, particularly if you are having sugary foods and drinks.
Many of us are guilty of regularly skipping meals and eating sugary snacks instead. It’s far better for our teeth and general health if we eat three meals a day instead of having snacks to get through the day. Try and maintain a healthy balanced diet and for our teeth it’s important to avoid sugar when we can.
We have a couple of informative blog posts on the danger of hidden sugars in healthy drinks and can summer treats damage your teeth?
6. It’s never too early or too late
National Smile Month is the perfect time to evaluate your oral health, improve your routine and help others around in your household do the same.
For children, it’s never too early to learn about the importance of great oral health and how to achieve it.
On the other hand, if you, or someone you know, has got into some bad habits, it’s never too late for you to make a positive change and improve your oral health. What better time is there than during National Smile Month?
If you haven’t been to the Dentist in over a year, it is time you booked an appointment to get your teeth and mouth checked and receive any treatment or advice needed.
National Smile Month 2022 Special Offer
In celebration of National Smile Month 2022, we are offering a £250 voucher towards Invisible Braces treatment alongside free tooth whitening treatment when you book an Invisible Braces Consultation between 16th May and 16th June. Get your new smile started with us at North Street Dental.
To receive more information on how you can improve your oral health book an appointment with one of our clinicians by calling us on 01384 254 067.
The Oral Health Foundation Dental Stats 2022
The oral Health Foundation have compiled some fascinating statistics for to accompany National Smile Month 2022.
Staff really friendly, you are listened to and they do everything they can to help, would and have recommended them to friends and family.
Geanette D
As always, excellent service and personal attention from every single member of staff within the practice, and as usual, all are cheerful and very welcoming. It may sound a strange one, but it actually makes it a pleasure to go to the dentists.
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