You can achieve something close to a professional cleaning, but maybe don’t rush to buy the little hook your hygienist uses
Photo: 20th Century Fox Television We’ve all had to become a little more resourceful in the time of social distancing. From making bread and plunging toilets to cutting hair and giving manicures, a lot of things we once outsourced to professionals are now up to us to do on our own. If you’ve had to postpone your regular dental checkup due to the coronavirus outbreak, you may be wondering if it’s possible to get that squeaky-clean feeling at home.
Most experts prefer electric toothbrushes, which use vibrations to blast plaque off the tooth’s surface. “The nice thing about electric toothbrushes is you don’t actually have to use the scrubbing motion that you do with a manual brush,” says dentist Samantha Rawdin of Gallery 57 Dental. “Just hold it at a 45-degree angle toward the gums and slowly walk it around the gum line.
$2 at Bed Bath & Beyond Buy The Extras GUM Red-Cote Plaque Disclosing Tablets $7 $7 Dentists Elisa Mello and Ramin Tabib of NYC Smile Design recommend trying these tablets out now while you have some extra time on your hands. Typically used to teach kids proper brushing techniques, plaque-disclosing tablets can help you improve your regular routine by showing you the areas you’ve been missing. After brushing, chew one up, swish it around your mouth, then spit it out.
$152 at Amazon Buy $152 at Best Buy Buy GUM Proxabrush Go-Betweens Tight, 10-Count $6 $6 Buy at Walgreens Buy Oral-B Precision Clean Interdental Picks, 100-Count $3 $3 Buy at Amazon Buy $3 at Amazon Buy If you want to add some more power to your teeth-cleaning arsenal, Marc Schlenoff, dentist and head of clinical development at Tend, recommends both Proxabrushes and interdental picks for really going deep into the crevices in between the teeth.
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