were succeeded by pastes, but it does not mean at all that loose oral cavity care product completely was gone from counters of shops. Just it is not so actively advertized and at buyers the opinion was created that pastes underwent significant changes and became more perfect, and the composition of powders remained the same. Actually it not and tooth-powder can bring huge benefit when using, though harm is not excluded.
Composition of tooth-powder
Hundreds years ago our ancestors looked for a way to make teeth cleaner too, and breath by fresher and used for this purpose the crushed pumice, plaster, parts of corals, sinks from oysters, an egg shell and so forth. Later chalk became a basis of this means for cleaning. It and together with fragrances is applied today in the course of production, and as a part of modern powder it is possible to meet baking soda, aluminum chloride, white and pink clay, a volcanic tufa, some minerals and so forth.
What it is better - toothpaste or tooth-powder?
And it is valid whether there are between them essential differences and what to prefer as regular oral cavity care? Tooth-powder differs from paste first of all in ability to loosen a scale. Besides, he well polishes the surface of teeth, carefully deletes the food remains, removes inflammation and bleeding of gums, strengthens them. The advantage of tooth-powder consists also that he acts as good prevention of periodontosis and caries, normalizes acid-base balance in a mouth and better than paste copes with removal of a raid from coffee, tea and nicotine.
How to use tooth-powder?
- Some got used to dip in a jar with means a wet toothbrush and to start cleaning. It is wrong. Hit in moisture can change properties of a product not to the best therefore it is better to pour powder on a damp brush or to part it with water in separate ware and only after that to use for designated purpose.
- For powder it is necessary to have a separate toothbrush with a soft bristle.
- Not to clean enamel longer than 3-4 minutes.
- After the procedure carefully to rinse a mouth.
- By means of powder it is possible to struggle with diseases of an oral cavity, doing on its basis of applique. At first it is necessary to clean teeth paste. To prepare gruel from loose means and water and to apply it on a gum. It is possible to cover with gruel a cotton pad and to use it for treatment. Having taken such compress in a mouth of 5-10 minutes, to carefully rinse teeth.
Harm of loose means for toothbrushing
Thinking of what to give preference to: to toothpaste or tooth-powder, it is necessary to consider high abrasivity of loose means thanks to which he actually also is capable to delete a scale. If to look after an oral cavity only with its help, it can lead finally to damage of tooth enamel and also development of some undesirable consequences – hypersensibility, to wedge-shaped defects, erosion and so forth Besides, the loose form interferes with addition in structure of means of some medical additives, so the faces having certain diseases of an oral cavity will be forced to prefer paste.
Packing with means is not absolutely convenient in the household plan. Contents are easy to drop, scatter it and if regularly to forget it to close, then microbes, dirt, moisture and other undesirable additives inside can get. Powder it is possible and it is necessary to use, but stomatologists recommend to combine it with paste and to apply not more often than 2 times a week. Then it not only will not do much harm, but also will bring benefit.
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