Interdental Brushes & Dental Floss

The spaces between your teeth make up about 30 percent of the tooth surface. Bacterial plaque is constantly forming there, which you can't reach with a toothbrush, for example. That's why dentists recommend cleaning the spaces between your teeth once a day in addition to brushing your teeth with a normal toothbrush . In addition to dental floss, interdental brushes are also suitable for this.

Dental floss is ideal for closely spaced teeth. For slightly larger gaps of more than one millimeter, such as those between bridges or implants, you can effectively use interdental brushes.

Note : Dental sticks are a little easier to use. A dental stick is a small plastic stick with a curved end piece that is strung with dental floss. At the other end of the dental floss stick is a plastic stick that is used instead of a wooden toothpick to remove food particles.

Food particles often collect in gaps between teeth or in large spaces between two teeth. If you can remove these with an interdental brush, the success is immediately visible and noticeable. But plaque also accumulates in the gaps between teeth. The removal of bacterial plaque is not so easy for laypeople to understand.

The correct use of interdental brushes works in three steps:

1. Place the interdental brush without toothpaste in a space between your teeth, place the tip at an angle to the tooth axis and push the brush in at the correct insertion angle until it reaches approximately the middle of the tooth.
2. Position the handle perpendicular to the tooth axis.
3. Carefully push the brush through and pull it out again.

Then clean the interdental brush with running water. You should change the brush after about ten uses.

The extensive range of sizes for interdental brushes extends from ISO 0 to 8. The brushes have an optimal working length in an appropriate ratio of brush field to wire length, as well as coated stainless steel wire, rounded edges and ergonomic handle variants. Accessories such as protective caps, handle extensions and travel cases complete the range.

The spaces between teeth vary from person to person. Choosing the right size is crucial :

• If the interdental brush is too small, it cannot clean the gaps optimally.
• Brushes that are too large, however, cause damage to teeth and gums.
• The bristles must fill the entire gap up to the gum line. This is the case with large brush diameters with a thin, stable wire core.

At the beginning or with sporadic interdental care, the gums bleed when using interdental brushes. This is usually a reaction of inflamed gums. After a few days of regular use, the bleeding gums subside and eventually stop completely. There are two easily understandable reasons for this:

• The inflammation triggers disappear from the oral cavity.
• Regular massage with interdental brushes strengthens the gum