NationalSmileMonth2025

It’s National Smile Month !

The Oral Health Foundation is a charity that provides impartial advice on all aspects of oral health, and for the next four weeks, they will be discussing ways to love your smile. Pay them a visit, and see how they can help you.

Fluoride mouthwash is a helpful aide, but not a replacement for careful brushing. Mouthwash can help get the final particles of food from the hard-to-reach places, and if you don’t follow the spit-don’t-rinse advice for toothpaste, it would be better than using plain water to rinse out after brushing. Normally you should use mouthwash at a different time to brushing. Some mouthwash can result in staining, so your teeth may be healthy but they don’t look as clean. If you need this type of mouthwash, you should talk to your dentist about how to use it best and what to do about staining.

Which magazine has advice on mouthwash and what is in it

It’s National Smile Month !

The Oral Health Foundation is a charity that provides impartial advice on all aspects of oral health, and for the next four weeks, they will be discussing ways to love your smile. Pay them a visit, and see how they can help you.

Cleaning in between your teeth should be part of your daily routine. Interdental brushes or dental floss are both helpful in removing plaque and small pieces of food from between your teeth and even just below your gums. These are places a toothbrush can’t get to.

Remember to clean between all your teeth and don’t forget the back of your back teeth!

If you are using interdental brushes, use the right size brush – you will probably need smaller brushes for your front teeth and larger ones for your back teeth. They can be used more than once, like a normal toothbrush. TePe has a helpful video showing you how to use them.

Think you are flossing correctly or stopped because it hurt ? Take a look at this video and see how you should be using dental floss

Your dentist or hygienist can also help you with advice, get the right size brushes and show you what to do

It’s National Smile Month !

The Oral Health Foundation is a charity that provides impartial advice on all aspects of oral health, and for the next four weeks, they will be discussing ways to love your smile. Pay them a visit, and see how they can help you.

Many people are recommended six-monthly visits, but these can be more often if your dentist needs to keep an eye on something, or less often if you almost never need treatment after a check-up. It’s always better to find a problem early at a regular check-up than to wake up in the night with throbbing toothache !

The NHS has advice on how often they expect people to see a dentist.

It’s National Smile Month !

The Oral Health Foundation is a charity that provides impartial advice on all aspects of oral health, and for the next four weeks, they will be discussing ways to love your smile. Pay them a visit, and see how they can help you.

Each time you eat or drink something sugary, the plaque bacteria that live in your mouth use it to create acid which attacks your teeth. If you snack often, acid is produced often, and that causes more damage than eating a healthy meal 3 times a day.

National Smile Month has helpful advice on what foods have more or less risk, and when it’s best to brush.

It’s National Smile Month !

The Oral Health Foundation is a charity that provides impartial advice on all aspects of oral health, and for the next four weeks, they will be discussing ways to love your smile. Pay them a visit, and see how they can help you.

Brushing (and flossing!) twice a day helps remove food from the gaps between your teeth, and the plaque bacteria that builds up on your teeth. The longer you wait between brushing, the more plaque builds up. When you eat or drink sugary things, that plaque releases acid which attacks your teeth. The bacteria also contribute to gum disease.

National Smile Month has tips on how to brush well.