Because a beautiful smile reflects your state of health, it is essential to pay particular attention to everything related to oral health and to differentiate between myths and reality. Many myths circulate about visits to the dentist and oral health, which is why it is important to remember what is validated by health professionals.
To do this, it is essential to check with your dentist, who is the most reliable source of information on tooth and gum health.
At the RDP Dental Center, our dentists prioritize discussions with patients to give them the best advice and to enlighten them on all their questions regarding their oral health. Among the false ideas that people tend to believe, we wanted to enlighten you on some of them which are the most common.
There is no point in visiting your dentist if there are no symptoms.
Many people forget the recommendations of the Canadian Dental Association, which advises visiting a dentist twice a year for a complete examination and deep cleaning of the teeth and mouth. Indeed, many people believe that these visits should only be made in cases of emergency.
In fact, tooth decay or periodontitis, for example, only cause symptoms to appear when they are in an advanced stage. In this sense, you should not wait for pain, bleeding or any other abnormal symptom to appear. Visit your dentist regularly and he or she will be able to detect a problem at an early stage, making it easier to treat and saving you from significantly higher treatment costs.
In addition, quality scaling, carried out during each routine visit, is the best way to ensure complete and effective cleaning of your teeth, in order to prevent oral diseases that can result and affect general health.
Consuming acidic and sugary drinks through a straw reduces their effect on teeth
Eating too much sugar, salt or acid affects your teeth, especially if you don’t adopt good oral health habits. Even when drunk through a straw, acidic and sugary drinks like soda, juice, and alcohol come into contact with the back of your teeth. Drinking through a straw therefore does not protect you against the appearance of problems such as cavities. It is better to consume all of these drinks in reasonable quantities, regardless of how they are consumed.
Flossing after every brushing is overkill
Many believe that flossing is not always necessary, and few follow the dentist’s recommendations regarding daily flossing. However, flossing is a real complement to brushing, because it cleans places that the toothbrush does not reach. These places make up about a third of our teeth. Combined, these two elements allow you to clean your teeth optimally.
Routine visits are very expensive
A regular visit to the dentist is above all preventive. Although the costs of examination and cleaning seem high to you, the costs of treatments related to diseases at an advanced stage are much higher since they require greater resources, and therefore more time spent in the doctor’s chair. dentist. In addition, certain problems can lead to the loss of one or more teeth, which must then be replaced. Here again, higher costs than for routine examinations are attached.
We hope that these few tips will help you have a clearer idea of the good habits to adopt to maintain your oral health. If you have more questions, do not hesitate to seek the advice of your care team at Center Dentaire RDP.