Flourish Health & Wellbeing Magazine - Dec23 - Flipbook - Page 16
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There’s a lot of
misinforma琀椀on around the
best ways to keep your mouth
healthy - and something the
Australian Dental Associa琀椀on
(ADA) wants people to be
aware of is the very close link
between what happens in
the mouth and its knock-on
e昀昀ect on the rest of the body.
Here are some of the most
common myths the ADA hears
about through its members –
and sets you straight on the
right way to do things so your
mouth will love you for it.
“If you look a昀琀er your teeth by
observing the ADA’s four key
messages, you can have your
teeth for life,” said the ADA’s
Oral Health Promoter and
den琀椀st Dr Janani Ravichandran.
“That means brushing
morning and night with a
so昀琀 bristle toothbrush and a
pea-sized amount of 昀氀uoride
toothpaste, 昀氀ossing once
a day, ea琀椀ng a nutri琀椀ous