How to avoid dental tartar ?

Tartar is a calcified deposit composed of a mixture of saliva, food residues, bacterial plaque and mineral salts.  It settles on your teeth, ruining their health, but also their appearance as it creates white, yellow or brown stains. Find out in this article how to remove tartar from teeth.

What causes tartar formation ?

Although there are people more predisposed than others to the development of tartar on the teeth, mainly due to the composition of saliva, its presence is always caused by poor or insufficient oral care. Indeed, it only takes a short time to begin to see the first deposits of tartar appear on the teeth. Other possible causes of tartar formation include excess or overlapping teeth.  It is easy for scale to form on them because cleaning them is more difficult.  Smoking also promotes the formation of tartar, as does the consumption of certain foods and drinks.

How to remove tartar from teeth ?

Oral care is above all a daily activity made up of small gestures. There are natural remedies that you can use right at home. First of all, it is good to brush your teeth well with a toothbrush and to use fluoridated toothpaste at least twice a day. To daily care of teeth, it is useful to combine dental floss, brush, rinses with sunflower or linseed oil or with baking soda, which should be able to soften and dissolve tartar. If natural remedies do not give visible results in a short time, it is necessary to make an appointment with the dentist to undergo a scaling treatment. Then, proper oral care helps keep bacteria and tartar away. Taking care of your mouth on a daily basis is therefore the best weapon against all these ailments and imperfections that could make you feel uncomfortable with yourself and with others.  Likewise, the brush is an often overlooked or underestimated tool, but it is essential for complete and correct oral care.