Sunday, November 22, 2009

How To Save Money At The Dentist By Using An Electric Toothbrush

By Martin Elmer

A few years ago an electric toothbrush was just a faster (and larger) version of a manual toothbrush. It has changed to an advanced piece of consumer electronic, which can help you to improve your brushing habits.

And the electric toothbrush does not only make it easier brushing your teeth. It can also help you reducing the dentist bill by doing a lot of the work the dentist normally has to do.

It is actually not that difficult to keep your gums and teeth healthy. And you do only have to spend a few minutes daily doing it. Just flush and brush each day, and see your dentist every half year.

Just use a toothbrush and dental floss on a daily basis; that might sound simple. But if you get annoyed by doing it each day, it might be time to invest in an electric toothbrush.

An electric toothbrush does a much better job removing the disease-causing plaque in the hard-to-reach areas in the mouth than a manual toothbrush.

And that is important, because if plaque develops between the teeth and gums, it can irritate the gums; which again can lead to gingivitis (inflamed gums). This is the most common form of gum disease. That is why it is so important to remove the plaque regularly.

Your dentist will gladly do it for you, but of course it will cost you a lot of money. And it is better to remove it each day instead of maybe twice a year.

How to do your teeth look? Do they have a lot of stains from tea, coffee and cigarettes? Then you can use an electric toothbrush instead of unhealthy chemicals to whitening your teeth.

It is proven that an electric toothbrush is much better to remove stains from coffee, cigarettes and tea than a manual toothbrush. And you can often see an improvement within a month.

It is unhealthy for your gums, if the pressure is to hard when your brush your teeth. Many modern electric toothbrushes have a pressure alarm that will tell you, how hard you can brush. If it is too hard, you will be alarmed. No more bleeding gums.

Finally it is also important that you brush your teeth for two minutes. And it is probably longer than you expect. Luckily most electric toothbrush has a timer that sound when the two minutes is over. The more advanced even sounds every 30 seconds to remind you to change quadrant in the mouth, so all the teeth are brushed.

Buy an electric toothbrush might seems like a large investment. But compared to what you pay your dentist after each visit, you can save a lot of money. And if you find a good offer on the internet, the investment can be paid back after just a few visits at the dentist.

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