The importance of flossing your teeth and why your teeth bleeds when you do it.
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Bacteria build up in your mouth. Plaque is basically the bacteria poop after its done snacking on left overs in your mouth. Brushing gets rid of the plaque, mouth wash gets rid of the bacteria. However, there are some places brushing cannot reach. This is inbetween your teeth. Food and therefore bacteria can get in there and cause damage. This is where your gums come in. The gum meat is very fragile and the bacteria can eventually erode it away. once gone it doesn’t grow back.
i have bad receding gum lines and i am due for gum graft surgery that is going to cost me 7,500 dollars after insurance. Dental health is critical. Floss daily, brush at least twice, use antimicrobial mouthwash before bed.
Plaque tends to build up on teeth. Plaque is made of bacteria and some other stuff in a thin layer that’s difficult to remove with brushing alone. Flossing breaks it up more effectively.
If your gums bleed, it could be because your gums are inflamed from the buildup of bacteria (regular flossing should help reduce that).
And/or you might be flossing aggressively (back and forth?) and cutting your gums — try to gently work the floss just below the gumline, with a focus on scraping the sides of your teeth rather than getting the floss down too far.
Edit: Wait! You can sometimes floss quite far below the gumline where the gums are just sitting in front of the tooth, just don’t force the floss updown too hard.
You haven’t dusted (flossed) your room (teeth) in months and when you do build up the motivation to do so, it knocks huge clouds of dust that made you cough (bleeding gums). If you dusted regularly, the dust would not build up enough to cause such bad issues when you clean.
The food you eat can get caught in your teeth and eventually turn into bacteria which causes teeth bleeding
Anyone know a mouthwash that isn’t bad for your health/mouth?
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