Best Dental Care tips for teens

Dentists recommend that parents begin taking care of their child’s teeth right after birth by washing the gums, brushing as soon as teeth appear and practicing good nutrition and eating routine. By the time your child reaches her teen years, she's assumed responsibility for her oral care. From her first dental visit when she turns 1, the dentist is the partner in teaching her to deal with her teeth. Her teen dental visits have a similar focus as her earlier visits - prevention and education.

• A lot of people worry about the cost of dental treatment. Here are some dental care tips that can help you keep your teeth healthy and lower your costs.
• Visit your dentist on a regular basis.
• You should visit the dentist regularly. The chances of getting an infection or tooth decay decreases with regular checkups. This is quite obvious because if the dentist sees something wrong then he/she will recommend a dental treatment to resolve the problem. Allowing it to continue untreated could result in a more serious problem.
• Rinse your mouth after meals.
• Once you have eaten meal, it is beneficial for you to brush. However, sometimes this is not possible. If you can’t brush, try rinsing your mouth after every meal instead. When you rinse, the food left in your mouth will be removed and pH levels will be neutralized in your mouth.
• Use dental floss.
• Tooth decay can be fought with proper use of dental floss. This will clean the areas between your teeth which are at risk of getting infected. Make sure that you do not irritate gums while flossing. Get in touch with the dentist if your gums bleed during flossing. The idea is to slip the floss between your teeth and then hug the side of the tooth with the floss whilst using an upward motion (for lower teeth) or a downward motion (for upper teeth) to clean the side of the tooth. This should be repeated for the other side of the tooth.