Your teeth are strong, resilient and meant to last a lifetime -- but that doesn't mean you don’t have to take care of them. Find out what the keys to good oral health care are.

Taking care of your teeth is one of the best investments that you can make. You're gonna want to eat, you're gonna want to smile, you're gonna want to be healthy your whole life. Oral health is integral to that. 

How is Good Oral Hygiene Practiced? 

Maintaining good oral hygiene is one of the most important things you can do for your teeth and gums. Healthy teeth not only enable you to look and feel good, they make it possible to eat and speak properly. Good oral health is important to your overall well-being.

Daily preventive care, including proper brushing and flossing, will help stop problems before they develop and is much less painful, expensive, and worrisome than treating conditions that have been allowed to progress.

In between regular visits to the dentist, there are simple steps that each of us can take to greatly decrease the risk of developing tooth decay, gum disease and other dental problems.

These include:

Brushing thoroughly twice a day and flossing daily

Eating a balanced diet and limiting snacks between meals

Using dental products that contain fluoride, including toothpaste

Rinsing with a fluoride mouthrinse if your dentist tells you to

Making sure that your children under 12 drink fluoridated water or take a fluoride supplement if they live in a non-fluoridated area.

Taking care of your teeth by seeing a dentist is how it's done.

If there's something wrong with your teeth, your teeth aren't gonna heal themselves, you really need to see a dentist. It's also the least expensive way of taking care of your teeth is to see a dentist on a regular basis. The more you put it off generally the more expensive it's gonna be.

The key to seeing a dentist regularly is finding a dentist that you really love and that's why IDEAL DENTAL FOUNDATION exists, to advice you with a dentist that you're gonna want to see on a regular basis, take care of your teeth, stay healthy, have a great smile, eat, enjoy all those things your whole life.