Brushing and Flossing
This kind of toothbrush bristle is the best to use to clean your teeth and avoid damaging your gums.
What is soft?
When we don’t do this to our tongue, it can cause a bad taste in the mouth and make our breath smell bad.
What is cleaning the tongue?
When a cavity is moderate to severe, it appears this color in the mouth.
What is brown?
If our gums do this when we brush or floss our teeth, it is an indication that our gum health needs more attention.
What is bleed?
This is the minimum number of times we should be brushing our teeth every day.
What is 2 times?
This is the other thing we should be doing in addition to brushing our teeth every day.
What is flossing?
These small bumps on our tongue help us taste different flavors of food.
What are taste buds?
When we eat foods with a lot of this in it, we are more likely to get cavities.
What is sugar?
This is the first stage of gum disease, where gums appear bright red, puffy, and bleed.
What is gingivitis?
In order to make sure we are removing all the plaque from our teeth, it is recommended that we brush our teeth for at least this many minutes.
What is 2 minutes?
The number one reason we brush and floss every day is to remove this substance from our teeth.
Which is plaque?
This is the color of a healthy tongue.
What is light pink?
When a cavity is just starting out, we might be able to stop it from getting worse. These initial stages often appear this color in the mouth.
What is chalky white?
When gingivitis is left untreated, the bacteria starts to break down this important structure in our mouths that help hold our teeth in.
What is bone?
Our tongue is divided into regions that each taste different flavors such as sweet, savory, bitter, salty and sour. The tip of our tongue tastes this flavor.
What is sweet?
There are lots of different tools we can use to help clean between our teeth. This one sprays water out and helps to dislodge food debris between our teeth and at our gumline.
What is a water flosser?
Instead of a toothbrush, this easy to use tool can be used to clean our tongues.
What is a tongue scraper?
This sticky substance can be applied to our teeth at the dentist, and it is found in many toothpastes and mouthwashes. This substance helps to prevent cavities.
What is fluoride?
When gums are healthy, they will look tight against the gum line and be this color.
What is light pink?
This TYPE of toothbrush is the best for ensuring we are cleaning our teeth thoroughly.
What is an electric toothbrush?
When we brush our teeth the toothbrush should be angled at what degree to the gumline.
This insect-like creature is the culprit behind the white coating on our tongues when we don’t clean them regularly.
What is bacteria?
This hard, white substance is the strongest substance in the human body. This substance creates the initial barrier against cavities, but once it is broken down cavities progress quickly.
What is enamel?
These two actions are the number one method to preventing gum disease.
What is brushing and flossing?
When the bacteria feeds off the leftover sugars on our teeth, they produce this substance that breaks down our enamel and causes cavities.
What is acid?