Correct Use of Toothpicks

Date:2018-06-08 

A toothpick is best used when there is a gap between the teeth. The toothpick enters at an Angle of 45 degrees, with the tip facing the bite surface and the side edge touching the gum in the gap. Then use the side edge of the toothpick to clean the tooth surface along the tooth surface, especially in the concave root surface and the parts where the tooth root bifurcate, the toothpick tip and side edge can be scraped, and the tooth surface can be polished. If there is food fiber impaction, cheek tongue side puncture can be done, food will be removed, then gargle.
Want to choose a hard, not easy to break, smooth surface, no burr and cross-sectional for circular or triangular toothpicks, it is best to buy finished product sold toothpicks, attention should be paid to protect shi clean, do not use clean sticks, iron wire, pin, or a match stick instead.
Fruit normal gingival papilla, toothpick is limited to use within the gingival sulcus, must not to press the toothpick force into the nipple area between teeth, because it can make originally not clearance gap is formed between the teeth, food more easily embedded plug, then use a toothpick to pick out, over time, become a vicious circle, make tooth clearance increases, gingival papilla shrink, cause gum disease and affect beautiful and function.
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