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oral hygiene and obesity related

No wonder that many people associate a visit to the dentist with extreme pain, blood, and an annoying buzzing sound that echoes in our ears. However, it is clear that if anyone thinks this is because it never reached the office of a dentist, at least in the last fifty or sixty years.

Oral hygiene is important, and often being relegated in terms of health for unjustified reasons. What people do not realize is the importance of oral health means going beyond the teeth themselves, but also the responsibility of the individual’s overall health.

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How can we fight bad breath?
What can we do?
Bad Breath
To avoid halitosis are recommended a series of tips, which can be summarized as follows:

  • It is essential tooth brushing after each meal and sleep, brushing also mouth and palate. Also use dental floss once a day can be effective.
  • If you are a carrier of dentures, clean them by brushing and immersion in liquid disinfectants.
  • Make antiseptic mouthwash. In this sense, indicate that chlorhexidine as a mouthwash, do not use more than 6 months due to side effects it produces (browning of teeth and taste disturbance, among others).
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