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2. Teeth cleaning - Wikipedia

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   In addition to brushing, cleaning between teeth may help to prevent build-up of plaque bacteria on the teeth. This may be done with dental floss or interdental brushes.. 80% of cavities occur in the grooves, or pits and fissures, of the chewing surfaces of the teeth, [4] however, there is no evidence currently showing that normal at-home flossing reduces the risk of cavities in these areas.

3. Interdental cleaning - Wikipedia

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   Wire-and-nylon interdental brushes in a range of sizes Rubbery interdental brush. Interdental brushes commonly consist of either a central metal wire core with soft nylon filaments twisted around, or an elastomer, and are available in various sizes to correspond to different spaces between teeth. Certain factors such as material, geometry and ...

4. Tooth brushing - Wikipedia

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   A man brushing his teeth while looking in a mirror. Tooth brushing is the act of scrubbing teeth with a toothbrush equipped with toothpaste.Interdental cleaning (with floss or an interdental brush) can be useful with tooth brushing, and together these two activities are the primary means of cleaning teeth, one of the main aspects of oral hygiene. [1]

5. Toothbrush - Wikipedia

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   The size of interdental brushes is standardized in ISO 16409. [38] [39] The brush size, [40] which is a number between 0 (small space between teeth) and 8 (large space), indicates the passage hole diameter. This corresponds to the space between two teeth that is just sufficient for the brush to go through without bending the wire.

6. Dental floss - Wikipedia

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   Dental floss (waxed) Levi Spear Parmly (1790-1859), [4] a dentist from New Orleans, is credited with inventing the first form of dental floss. [5] In 1819, he recommended running a waxen silk thread "through the interstices of the teeth, between their necks and the arches of the gum, to dislodge that irritating matter which no brush can remove and which is the real source of disease."

7. Oral hygiene - Wikipedia

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   A 1930s poster from the Work Projects Administration promoting oral hygiene. Tooth decay is the most common global disease. [14] Over 80% of cavities occur inside fissures in teeth where brushing cannot reach food left trapped after eating and saliva and fluoride have no access to neutralize acid and remineralize demineralized teeth, unlike easy-to-clean parts of the tooth, where fewer ...