How to choose a good toothpaste??

Smiling man is always pleasant to everyone around us, than a gloomy one. So everyone wants to have a dazzling smile. Smile opens teeth, which condition immediately strikes a companion’s eye. Sometimes the first impression of you may be spoiled due to your teeth. Now merchants offer a considerable variety of toothpastes to maintain cleanliness and order of our teeth. What kind of toothpaste to choose?

Toothpastes can be hygienic and therapeutically prophylactic

The structure of toothpastes include abrasives that clean and polish the tooth surface, hydrocolloids, such as sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, cellulose ethers, plasticizers - glycerin, polyethylene glycol, foaming agents - natrium laurilsulfate, deodorant substances - mint, menthol and functionally active components. According to presence of functionally active components, toothpastes are hygienic and curative.

Hygiene toothpastes have only a cleansing and refreshing effect. Therapeutic and prophylactic toothpastes are designed for prevention of oral diseases - gingivitis, periodontitis, stomatitis, dental caries. To this end, they contain a variety of biologically active substances. These pastes have a positive effect - suspend bleeding, gum disease, promote cessation of suppuration of gums and extragingival pockets, remove gum disease, improve metabolism, have anti-inflammatory effect.

These pastes include toothpastes containing herbal preparations - chlorophyll, extracts of herbs (Acorus Calamus, yarrow, cloves, chamomile, St. John’s wort, calendula flowers, products of rose oil, infusion of oak bark.)

Salt toothpastes contain various salts, help to improve circulation in the mucosa of oral cavity, prevent formation of soft plaque on teeth.

Toothpastes used in treatment of stomatitis, may contain boroglycerol, propolis, vitamin B3, which are preservatives against fungi, staphylococci, accelerate regeneration of damaged tissues.

Anticariogenic toothpastes contain fluorine compounds, trace elements for remineralization of damaged enamel, such salts as mono-and disubstituted potassium phosphate, sodium, calcium glycerophosphate and sodium, calcium gluconate, zinc oxide. Composition of such pastes includes enzymes that inhibit growth of plaque, sweeteners, such as xylitol.

Given significant vulnerability of our teeth to caries, associated with the nature of diet, it is advisable to apply anticariogenic toothpastes. How to choose a good toothpaste?

* Toothpaste should contain fluoride products - organic and inorganic compounds of fluorine.

* It should not contain natural sugars, but only their substitutes, which hinder development of cariogenic bacteria.
* Paste should have a good cleansing effect. Moreover, the abrasive itself is important, which should not cause any structural changes in enamel and promote its dissolution. Thus, such abrasive as chalk - calcium carbonate, having low solubility, can cause demineralization of tooth enamel. Therefore, solid phosphoric acid salts are preferred.
* Presence of antimicrobial agent triclosan may be effective while non-durable application of such paste, until resistance of microorganisms develops. Furthermore, triclosan can also kill useful microorganisms.
* Paste should be well froth. These toothpastes have a high cleaning ability and remove plaque well.
* Now there exist gel toothpastes, which are non-abrasive. However, their cleaning ability is low. Toothpaste should be deodorize mouth cavity efficiently. Choosing a toothpaste according to the state of your teeth and oral mucosa, do not be lazy to brush your teeth not only in the morning and evening, but also during the day. It is advisable to simultaneously combine several toothpastes, because they have different composition and different properties. And do not forget to change a toothbrush every three months and visit dentist half-yearly. These are your teeth and you need to keep them!