Oral Hygiene

Clean teeth are happy teeth!

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Brush your teeth twice a day with a toothbrush and toothpaste.

Brush up and down and in a circular motion, not side to side.

Change your toothbrush when it gets old.

Use dental floss every day.

Flossing fights bad breath and protects your teeth and gums.

Use mouth wash.

Mouthwash keeps your breath smelling fresh.

cavityA cavity is when bacteria makes a hole in your teeth.

It can be painful.

Get a dental cleaning every year.

If you don’t brush, you will get tartar.

If you have crooked teeth, you may want to get braces.

toothache

If your tooth hurts, you have a toothache.

Use a tongue scraper

Scrape the food and bacteria off of your tongue.

It can cause bad breath.

Drilling a cavity

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