Even though it’s a little more difficult, flossing with braces keeps your smile healthy and confident. At Farrow Orthodontics, we want to make sure all of our patients with braces know how to floss with their individual ortho devices. Here are some tools to help you floss while you’re wearing braces: Floss Threaders work like…
A typical human mouth contains billions of bacteria, and if you haven’t brushed your teeth lately, you might have more bacteria in your mouth right now than there are people living on planet Earth! Both humans and dogs have mouths that are full of bacteria, and both contain roughly the same number of bacteria. And…
3500 BC Back in 3500 BC Egyptians and Babylonians would chew on the ends of sticks until the fibers of the wood formed a brush which was then used to clean their teeth. Subsequently Miswak, branches of the Salvadora persica tree, was discovered. The Salvadora persica branches have healing and antiseptic qualities, and studies show…