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As the internet is rife with rumours and misinformation, it is time to clear the air (again) over some concerns that somehow have a long shelf life and keep on coming back to haunt the minds of patients searching for information. The concern over fluoride is topical, because it has risen yet again, and just like a few years ago, it will turn out to be a complete hoax and based on a serious misunderstanding of what fluoride overdose is, how fluoride works and how harmful it is to people. Below, I will be dealing with these issues, and also mention what a fluoride overdose looks like.

Recurring oral problems are very often caused by improper oral hygiene, and by being exposed to the same microbes and the same pathogens over and over, time and time again. This is because we eat the way we do, have oral flora that is the way it is, and encounter the same microbes from the air, from the people we kiss, from the foods we eat, as each ecosystem and climate has its own set of microbes and bacterial life that flourish on it. One of the places that microbial life flourishes is the toothbrush.

Electric toothbrushes are fairly expensive, especially compared to standard toothbrushes. So many people think of them as a onetime investment, that they are set with until the thing stops buzzing. But this is not entirely true; you need to invest in getting a new toothbrush head every once in a while, for hygienic reasons.

One of the most sought after items this Christmas was an electric toothbrush. This means that many folks out there will get one and realize, with a bit of uncertainty, that they are not sure how to use it.

I have noticed that on this website you always mention proper toothbrushing technique, but you never explain what that entails. Could you please enlighten us and explain what exactly proper toothbrushing is? I am fairly confident that as a grown man I don’t need to be taught how to brush my teeth, but as you always mention it, I am now curious.