Once again I may suprise you with my thoughts but by all means please concur with your dentists or research it yourself. I hope my explanations assist you in your fight against dental problems.

Unless otherwise told by your dentist brushing should be conducted twice daily. You cannot hope to have healthy gums and teeth by brushing once a day. Brushing once a day is a sure fire way to fail no matter what dental tools you are using.

I recommend that the first brush of the day should be be before breakfast. Brushing after breakfast will damage teeth as the enamel is softened by a rapid rise in acidity after food is consumed. The acid developed after eating softens the outer protective enamel and brushing shortly afterwards causes a thin layer to be removed permanently. This means that over many years you effectively remove the protective layer of the teeth.
For those of you who believe that the food left in your mouth after breakfast will damage teeth, I will explain further. After brushing with a fluoride toothpaste, the structure of the tooth becomes stronger. The stronger enamel, reinforced by fluoride, is resistant to bacteria attack and the toothpaste has one more added effect. Toothpaste is alkaline and therefore reacts with any rise in acid activity to neutralise the mouth from acids.

The reverse is true at night. Have your meal and then wait a minimum of one hour before brushing. The one hour period allows sufficient time for the saliva in your mouth to neutralise the acids developed after eating. This means that the enamel which is softened by the initial rise in acidity is hardened and once again resistant to the wear and tear of the bristle fibres.

There is no need to brush at lunch. Brushing twice well is more than enough to maintain a healthy mouth. Brushing more thsn twice dsliy msy result in long term damage to the roots of the teeth and wearon the tooths enamel.

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