Monday, May 6, 2013

How Long Duration Ideal Toothbrush

How long is the recommended time to brush your teeth? According to drg. Ratu Mirah Afifah, the answer is two minutes.

"Logically, many areas that need to be brushed, the left and right, inside and out. So ideally two minutes, but if more than that it's fine," he said in Jakarta, Monday (6/5).

Although advised to brush your teeth twice a day, but most people still have not practiced in a timely manner.

From the results of an online survey of Unilever in France, India, Italy, and Indonesia, involving 1,634 respondents consisting of parents and children aged 8-12 years, proved to be 79 percent of parents and 85 per cent of Indonesian children do not brush at night before bed.


He confirmed that brushing before bed is important because bacteria in the mouth more breed at night. 

"Brushing should be done before bed because the bacteria in the mouth multiply twice as much at night," said the Queen.

If not brush your teeth, then the rest of the food in the mouth of a meal that will produce acid bacteria harmful to tooth mineral. As a result, the greater the risk of cavities.

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