Good Oral hygiene practice is very important for keeping your mouth clean and is a means of preventing dental caries, gingivitis, periodontitis, bad breath and other dental disorders. It consists of both professional and your personal care whereas professional cleanings is usually done by dentists and dental hygienists to remove tartar or calculus (mineralized plaque) that may develop even with careful brushing and flossing. When you have more serious periodontal problem professional cleaning will include root planning using various instruments or devices to loosen and remove deposits from teeth above and below the gum. Sometimes periodontal surgery and splinting of loosening teeth may be done to strengthen the teeth.

The purpose of cleaning teeth is to remove plaque, which harbor bacteria that destroy the gum and the teeth. We recommend regular brushing twice a day (in the morning and in the evening, or after meals and before going to bed) in order to prevent formation of plaque and tartar. A toothbrush is able to remove most plaque, excepting areas between teeth so flossing is also considered a necessity to maintain good oral hygiene. We recommend brushing using normal tooth brush manually but use of electrical toothbrush can be favorable to children than adult, except for people with dexterity difficulties, such as those associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

In addition, we recommend brushing with fluoridated tooth paste as fluoride protect against dental caries, in areas where water fluoridation is not done or low and for children rampant with caries fluoride supplements will decrease the incidence of dental caries. Fluoride helps prevent dental decay by binding to the hydroxyapatite crystals in enamel.

The incorporated fluoride makes enamel more resistant to demineralization and thus more resistant to decay. In rare cases for children with rampant caries we apply topical fluoride, to prevent the teeth from such caries.
It's easy to ignore the effects of poor oral hygiene because they're hidden in your mouth. But gum disease may point to problems with diabetes and heart disease and loose teeth could be a sign of osteoporosis.

Visit your dentist  twice or once a year for a professional cleaning!