Brush Your Teeth Please: A Pop-up Book
Natural Dental Care: Keep Your Mouth
Clean The All-Natural Way
By: Blake Kritzberg
So you think you need
harsh chemicals to fight gingivitis, bad breath or tooth plaque? Not so!
Natural therapies for oral hygiene can boost your gum disease fighting power
both inside and out. Let's examine a few of the most popular natural therapies
used today.
Herbal Natural Therapies
for Oral Hygiene
Certain herbs have
antibacterial properties and can aid in your oral hygiene routine as well as
make your breath smell a little sweeter. Essential oils of almond, peppermint
and spearmint, for example, may all be rubbed around the base of the gums as
therapies for oral hygiene.
Tea tree oil has even more
bacterial-fighting agents than the essential oils previously mentioned as
therapies for oral hygiene. Adding a few drops of tea tree oil to your toothbrush
during regular brushing will leave your gums feeling clean and invigorated.
Green tea has been
credited for centuries as one of the best natural therapies for oral hygiene.
The Chinese have long used green tea as an oral rinse for daily mouth care. Green
tea contains powerful antioxidants that also help boost the immune system.
Vitamin Natural Therapies
for Oral Hygiene
Vitamin C is known to
boost your immune system, and can aid in fighting the growth of anaerobic
bacteria that cause plaque on your teeth. Of all the therapies for oral
hygiene, vitamin C therapy also helps fight off other illnesses such as colds
and flues.
More Natural Therapies for
Oral Hygiene
Ordinary baking soda is
often accounted one of the best oral antibacterial substances out there. When
brushing with baking soda, make sure the soda is thoroughly moistened, and that
you aren’t pressing too hard on the brush. For extra cleansing power, rinse
your toothbrush in food grade hydrogen peroxide before brushing.
Common Sense Natural
Therapies For Oral Hygiene
1. Brush after meals.
2. Floss between teeth
every day.
3. Swish water between
teeth to rinse food particles out, or better yet, use a water pick or oral
irrigator designed for the job.
4. Replace your toothbrush
every six months, and consider getting the electric kind for efficient
cleaning. Battery-powered toothbrushes are inexpensive and easy to find if
you're not ready to invest in a countertop solution.
While all of these natural
therapies for oral hygiene are helpful in preventing gum disease, you should
still see your dentist twice a year for a thorough oral check up.
About the author: Blake
Kritzberg is proprietor of Cures For Bad Breath. Stop by http://www.curesforbadbreath.com/
for more about bad breath cures, and http://www.curesforbadbreath.com/causes/
for more on the causes of halitosis.
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