We have to brush our teeth every day, even after filling the teeth. We just need to pay attention to the method. So how long after a filling can you brush your teeth? How long after a filling can you brush your teeth?
How long after a filling can you brush your teeth?
Generally speaking, it depends on whether you are undergoing treatment or have completed treatment. During treatment, if the material is temporarily sealed, you can brush your teeth after a few hours, but be careful. After the dental filling treatment is completed, it also depends on the material used. The amalgam can be brushed after 24 hours because it takes time to harden.
1. Yingong filling: Because the volume change of the filling will be stable after 24 hours, you cannot chew hard food with the restored teeth within 24 hours to avoid the filling body breaking and falling off. Also be careful not to brush your teeth too hard.
2. Light-curing composite resin: Do not brush the surface of the restoration with a coarse toothbrush within a week, because the resin curing degree of light-curing is only 50%, which can reach 90% within 24 hours and reach 100% after 7 days. %. Do not bite hard objects on the restoration, drink less strong tea, smoke less, and avoid using metal to stimulate or rub the surface of the restoration to avoid discoloration of the restoration.
3. Glass ionomer filling: Glass ionomer can be completely solidified after 24 hours, so the treatment can be used to test chewing after 24 hours. When chewing, you should eat some soft food first and gradually adapt to it.
How to brush your teeth correctly
1. The time of brushing your teeth must be grasped. The most suitable time is 3 minutes. If our brushing time is too short, it will be ineffective. If it is too long, it will damage the gums, so We must grasp the time well.
2. When brushing your teeth, it is best to brush in partitions. In other words, we first divide our white teeth into several areas and brush one area after another. After brushing this area, we can brush an additional area. This will ensure that all parts of the white teeth can be brushed cleanly.
3. Don’t forget to brush your teeth inside. Many people have a misunderstanding about brushing their teeth, that is, they only brush the outside. They think that what everyone can see is only the outside. It doesn’t matter whether they brush the inside or not. In fact, it is different. You brush your teeth for yourself, not for others. As you can see, if you don't brush it inside, a lot of cocci and substances will be left behind, causing the brushing to be unclean and causing bad breath, so if you want to brush it, you need to brush it in all aspects.
Is brushing your teeth sideways dangerous?
1. If you brush your teeth sideways, the force of your hands will be greater, which will cause the gums and the mucous membrane in the mouth to be damaged by the toothbrush bristles. It can cause irritation, scratches or even punctures by the hard bristles of the toothbrush, causing bleeding of the teeth and gums.
2 Brushing your teeth sideways for a long time will cause gum recession, because brushing your teeth sideways will irritate the gums, and long-term stimulation will cause the part of the gums close to the teeth to be irritated for a long time, causing The gum line slowly recedes downwards, causing too many teeth to be exposed, and may also cause teeth to become loose.
3 Damage to the tooth surface. In fact, the enamel on the tooth surface grows vertically. If we look in the mirror, we can find that if we brush our teeth sideways frequently, we will damage the tooth enamel and even cause damage to the tooth surface. It will accelerate the degree of tooth damage and lead to the occurrence of dental caries.