How to Prevent Dental Caries with It

Dental caries can be prevented with care and brushing your teeth at least twice a day, in the morning after breakfast and at night before bed.

Chairman of the Executive Board of the Indonesian Dentists Association (PDGI), Drg Zaura Anggraini, explaining at night, reduced activity and automatically mouth saliva is also reduced. This resulted in the number of bacteria in the mouth has doubled.

"The rest of the food will be fermented by bacteria into acid. Nah, this is dangerous because the acid dissolves the minerals that cause tooth caries," he told a press conference in Jakarta, Friday (5/7).

In addition, people are also highly recommended to perform regular dental checkups every six months or once to the dentist. "Unfortunately, according to the Basic Health Research 2007, only 13.3 percent of Indonesian people who regularly check their teeth every six months to the dentist.'s Very alarming," complained Zaura.

Zaura suggests people should be aware of the importance of caring for and maintaining dental health. Because, according to the teeth is one of the vital organs that can affect health.