Dental plaque refers to the microbiota that adheres to the teeth surface or
other oral soft tissue. It is made of a large number of bacteria, intercellular
substance, a small amount of white Cells, epithelial cells falling off and food
debris, etc. It is often seen on the teeth surface and gums ditch, but it is not
easy to be seen the naked eyes, The bacteria in the dental plaque is different
from individual bacteria in oral cavity, with the help this unique film
structure of plaque, varies of bacteria firmly adheres to the teeth surface,
which cannot be washed away by water or wash off.
Usually, applying the methods such as brushing your teeth, dental floss,
toothpick, gargle can removes the plaque, if you want to keep teeth healthy for
a long time, you’d better do the oral teeth cleaning every six months to one
year. Some people think that they need not wash tooth if brushing their teeth
every day carefully, it is not correct. Because after the thorough brushing
teeth, the new plaque will form within a few hours. If we do not pay attention
to oral hygiene, tooth surface will heal up a large number of plaques, and then
gradually becomes dental calculus.
Ismile shanghai dental hospital said the most effective way to get away from the
formation of dental plaque is brushing your teeth, if the method is used
properly, it is effective. But for a lot of people, is not ideal to brush their
teeth. To obtain the ideal effect of brushing your teeth in order to achieve the
purpose of preventing plaque formation, you must do the following points.
(i) Choose the toothbrush that can clean any part of teeth. You should master
the correct method of brushing your teeth, and brush your teeth in the morning
and evening, each time you brush your teeth shall not be less than 3 minutes.
Only brushing each tooth and the tooth surface seriously, you can achieve the
goal of removing dental plaque.
(ii) For the gums, especially the clearance between the contact points of two
teeth, no matter you adopt what kind of toothbrush, or use what methods, the
plaque in tooth clearance cannot be cleaned completely. But you must use other
tools to assist. The common tools are toothpick, dental floss, and teeth whitening, the tooth cleaner have a variety of forms, you should select them
according to different tooth bits, rubbing the teeth back and forth, so that
clean the dental plaque in varies of tooth surface.
(iii) The chlorhexidine can be used to inhibit bacteria in dental plaque. You
should wash your teeth with 0.2% chlorhexidine solution twice a day, which can
inhibit the formation of plaque, but shouldn’t use them for a long time. If you
do that regularly, the tooth surface can be maintained in aseptic condition.
Besides, you should eat less sweet food, because the bacteria prefer
carbohydrates of single component, such as sugar. Candy or drinking containing
sugar will make sugar adhere to the teeth, which also provides nourishment for
bacteria. Bacteria will convert sugar into acid, and then corrode your teeth.
"Some fresh crisp vegetable or fruit can erase plaque." Dr. Wang from Shanghai
dental said, “Carrot, apple, cucumber, and other raw fruits and vegetables
except sugar are good for your teeth”.
Shanghai dental emphasizes that everybody should stick to do personal dental care in
their daily life mainly depends on that, and do regular check, so that you can
get away from the dental plaque formation.
