Question about plaque on my teeth?!
Question:
Question about plaque on my teeth?
hey!
On my lower front teeth, on the in side, I have plaque build up. I tried picking it clean with the picks the dentist use, but it didn’t work. My mom said I have to do it harder... I’m kind of funny about my teeth and I can't go harder, I feel like my teeth are going to pluck out my head!!
So if any of you have any tips or anything.
I can't afford to go to the dentist right now….but I’m working on it.
Answers:
The inside of our lower incisors tend to accumulate a lot of tartar (calculus) because that's where our sublingual salivary glands empty into our mouth through passages called Wharton's ducts.
The Calcium Bicarbonate in our saliva coming out there will cause soft plaque on the inside of our lower incisors to turn into crusty tartar VERY fast.
The only thing you can do is to make sure you have as litttle soft plaque on your teeth as possible at all times, and that means you need to brush your teeth thoroughly after every meal, floss every day, and go to regular cleanings and checkups every 6 months so the dentist or hygienist can scrape the accumulated tartar off for you.
Hope this helps.