Brushing and flossing each day is essential for one to take good care of their teeth. But sometimes, with brushing, you can get carried away with the act itself and cause more harm than good. This is called toothbrush abrasion. When you experience toothbrush abrasion, you are damaging your teeth due to improper brushing. But just what is improper brushing and how can you prevent it? If you are ready to take better care of your teeth, then it is important that you understand this principle. In order to do so, you should adhere to the steps that follow and resolve to first do no harm.
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One may not often consider talk of eating disorders and tooth decay in the same sentence, but the two are actually quite related to one another. While not every person with bad teeth will have them because of eating disorders, every person with eating disorders will have bad teeth. Of course, the signs may not be noticeable at first but when the eating disorder, such as bulimia and anorexia, pass to a certain point, it will be impossible to hide it from the dentist. The very nature of these disorders cause problems that can potentially destroy the teeth and lead to serious dental problems. If you or someone you know suffer from an eating disorder, then here are some things that you should consider about the way that it affects your oral health.
First of all, bulimia involves the vomiting up of ingested foods. These foods have typically gone through stomach acids, which, on the way back up through the mouth, erode the tooth enamel, which protects the teeth and gives them strength. The more that a person engages in bulimia, the more damage these stomach acids can do to the mouth as a whole. It is for this reason that dentists are often the first people, who notice there is an eating disorder that needs medical attention.
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