4 Where There Is No Dentist 2012
CLEAN YOUR TEETH EVERY DAY
If you do not clean properly, the food that is left on your teeth can hurt the
teeth as well as the gums near them.
HIDING PLACES
grooves
on top
near the gums
between
the teeth
Here are 3 places where problems start.
Bits of food stay longer in
grooves and ‘hiding places’.
This is where both tooth and
gum problems start.
To prevent problems you
must take special care to
keep these protected places
clean.
It is better to clean your
teeth carefully once every
day than to clean poorly
many times a day.
Use a soft brush to clean your teeth. Buy one from the store (be sure it says
soft on the package), or make a brush yourself. To make a brush:
1. Use a small branch of young
bamboo, strong grass, or the skin
from sugar cane or betel nut.
2. Cut a piece that is
still green and soft.
3. Chew one end to make it
stringy like a brush.
4. Sharpen the other end so
it can clean between the
teeth (see pages 71-72).