Dental Plaque Prevention and Treatment

Keeping your teeth clean through a rigorous hygiene routine is essential to keeping your teeth plaque free.  Plaque is the biofilm that builds up on your teeth in a white color.  It is most common to build up around the gum line area or in the center of your teeth.   Plaque can lead to dental problems such as cavities or periodontal diseases.

With a proper hygiene plan, you will avoid plaque build up, however it is very important you have your teeth professionally cleaned at least twice a year to avoid plaque build up over time.   Good overall hygiene could be the lifesaver of your teeth and plaque prevention.

Failure to remove plaque can lead to the gingivitis and other major dental problems.  Using a toothbrush such as the Rota-dent and regular flossing is your best defense.  The RotaDent ensures proper technique and helps you to maintain your back teeth just as well as the front teeth.  With an electric toothbrush you prevent the build up of plaque which is the harmful kind.  Newly built plaque is not nearly as harmful as plaque that has built up over time and is hard to get off your teeth.

If you have dental braces on, than it is vital that you up your brushing and flossing routine.  Plaque build up is more common and harder to remove with the brackets in your way, so be sure to add a mouthwash to your routine.

When the braces come off, you will be put into retainers.  You may notice that plaque will build up on your retainers.  You should keep this retainer clean to so that you are not placing a plaque filled retainer over your teeth.  You can do this by brushing your retainer daily as part of your routine.