The Importance of Brushing Before Bed

The importance of brushing before bed is often neglected. Most people know the importance of brushing at least twice daily along with regular daily string flossing.  Despite this, many all too often find themselves skipping brushing before bed. This is essential part of your dental hygiene can prevent cavities, tooth decay, and gum disease and should never be overlooked. Here are a couple reasons why.

Cavities and Tooth Decay

Throughout a typical day, you will likely consume various meals, snacks, and beverages, which will leave a residue of food particles on and between your teeth. Bacteria living in your mouth consume the food particles and produce plaque. When you neglect to brush before going to sleep, you allow the bacteria to continue producing plaque and enamel damaging acids. Because you produce much less saliva while sleeping, your mouth is much drier and more susceptible to the destructiveness of oral bacteria at night. This alone markedly increases your risk for tooth decay and cavities.

Gum Disease

Plaque left on your teeth will only become harder, rougher, and more yellow if the calcification process is not interrupted by regular brushing during the day and at night before going to bed. As calcification continues unchecked it may cause bleeding, inflammation of gum tissues, and the loosening of your teeth. Once tartar has formed, it must be removed by a dentist. Habitually going to bed without brushing will eventually lead to serious oral health issues.

Improved Oral Hygiene

Reinforce your oral hygiene routine with the cleaning effectiveness of water flossing. The AQ-230 and AQ-350 water flossers from Aquapick deliver powerful cleaning capability highly suitable for at-home oral hygiene. Their IPX7 waterproofing and ergonomic design provide safe, comfortable deep cleaning around implants and other difficult-to-reach areas of the mouth.  Both models produce 0.6 mm ultra-fine streams of water that efficiently flush food debris and bacteria from between teeth. Multiple, easily adjustable settings make AQ-230 and AQ-350 appropriate for children as well as adults.

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