Mind The Gap for a Healthy Smile

Mind The Gap for a Healthy Smile

A smile is a magical thing – it’s completely free but can make someone’s day and change the mood of a crowd. All our smiles are unique, and someone’s smile is often one of the first things people notice when meeting new people.

Looking after your teeth is an essential part of a confident and healthy smile. We don’t need perfectly straight teeth, but a good oral health routine is essential.

It’s National Smile Month and a great time to make sure we’re doing what we can to look after our teeth and protecting our smiles. All you need to do is to ensure your daily dental care routine is good which only takes a few minutes each day and to visit your dentist regularly for check-ups.

Flossing is an important part of looking after your teeth and should be part of the daily routine. Did you know that 77% of tooth decay starts between the teeth? We need to ensure that we clean between the teeth with an effective flossing routine to go along with the brushing. Brushing on its own only cleans 60% of the tooth, leaving the other 40% at risk. Only 31% of people floss on a regular basis so there’s lots of room for improvement here.

To reach these hard-to-reach areas, you can use oral hygiene products such as DenTek’s floss picks and interdental brushes which are easier to manoeuvre than regular floss in my experience. You should floss at least once a day and brush your teeth twice a day.

Lots of flossers and dental picks create plastic waste and many of us want to look after our dental health and the planet at the same time. DenTek has an eco-range and are on a mission to source the most sustainable materials as possible to create their oral hygiene products and transform their entire range from single-use plastic.

DenTek’s newly launched interdental brushes are made using birch wood which creates less waste and uses less energy during manufacturing – even more than common eco materials such as bamboo. Birch wood also absorbs less water which means the wire brush will not split from the handle in a damp bathroom environment. Birch trees are also climate-positive and reduce additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. DenTek also makes sure to plant more trees than they use for their products.

For their Eco Cross Flosser, Triple Clean and Triple Clean floss pick products, DenTek are using a bio-resin made from sugar cane plants which is a renewable material which reduces carbon emissions by up to 80% compared to plastic options. All the outer packaging for DenTek’s Eco range is recyclable too.

So, you can look after your dental health properly without creating lots of plastic waste. Remember to mind the gap for a healthy smile and clean this area with interdental brushes or flossers.

DenTek products are available at Boots, Amazon, Lloyds Pharmacy, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Ocado, Superdrug, Weldricks Pharmacy and through the DenTek website.

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