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Siwak is Cheap and Natural Oral Health device

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When people are talking about oral health device, the first thing that came to people’s mind is about toothbrush. Toothbrush is the most popular oral health device in the world, followed by dental floss as the second most used oral health device. But just a few people are aware with Siwak. Siwak is teeth cleaning twig made from a twig of the Salvadora persica tree which is known as the arak tree.

Because of the rapid development of technology, people only use usual toothbrush to clean their teeth or maybe using electrical toothbrush which is sometimes less effective in combating and cleaning tooth bacteria.

::. Why Must Siwak?

This is an interesting question, “why must we use Siwak if there is a toothbrush with the toothpaste which is easier to use and also has hygiene appearance?” I believe that a sentence “don’t judge the book by its cover” is very suitable for this area, although Siwak has an ugly appearance which makes a lot of people lazy to use it; the observation and research said that Siwak can increase human immune system.

Moreover, the world’s health organization (WHO) recommends the use of Siwak since 1986 and 2000. Few people doubted about this Medicare recommendation, but a recent research by Dr. Otaybi from Saudi Arabia has just showed that Siwak can improve human’s immune system, and also has an anti-addiction effect on smokers. How about you? Do you still doubt with Siwak as the most effective, cheap and natural oral health device?

Oral Health Checklist

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Have you heard the line of: “better prevent than heal.” I’m sure you have heard that sentence. In health section, that sentence tells us that you need to be aware with every symptoms related to certain disease. And this article will explain some symptoms related to certain oral diseases. Here is the oral health checklist that is very important for you to pay intention:

1. Gums
avoid your self from gum cancer which is very dangerous. Always check your gum healthiness like these ways: a healthy gum has a pink color, and don’t bleed when you brush your teeth. You need to pay attention closely to this, seventy five percent of gums diseases suffer were not aware with the symptoms because bleeding gums is often painless. To avoid this you need to check your gum after you brushed your teeth.
2. Bad Breath
based on a study, most people who have bad breath was not aware of their own bad breath. People around them are aware with the bad breath, but they (the suffer) weren’t. It is so bad and so embarrassing. The easiest way to check this is by flossing your teeth. After you floss your teeth, try to smell your dental floss, if it smells awful, you have to gargle with saline water and chew a fresh chewing gum.
3. Dry Mouth
avoid dry mouth! It has very bad effect for your oral health system. Lack of salivation can accelerate gum problem and tooth decays. The only way to keep you mouth wet is by drinking more water and gargling more often.

Those are the important checklist to maintain your oral health, keep your eyes on the list and you’ll see a great result in your oral health.

Simple steps to maintain your oral health

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These days, oral health becomes more popular in large society. Previously people are lazy to go to the dentist at least one time in six month. People are lazy to check their oral health to dentist because of several reasons. First, the expensive cost we have to pay just to check our oral health to the expert dentist. Secondly, we think that we don’t need check up our oral health because we don’t have any problem with it. We just fine when we eat something hot, and we just fine when we eat something cold.

In this article, I want to focus on the phenomenon that people stay away from dentist because of the expensive cost they have to pay. Believe me that there are simple steps to maintain your oral health. You don’t need to pay for the expensive cost to do those steps, but all you need is just your consistency on doing these steps regularly.

Here are some simple steps to maintain your oral health:

1. First and the most important: don’t ever share your toothbrush with anyone. This is very nasty to imagine, and also very dirty if we look on the health side. Sharing toothbrush with someone else enlarge the possibilities of oral disease emerge on your mouth. The worst effect is if the one you share your toothbrush with is AIDS suffer, the probability for you get infected.
2. Use Fluoride toothpaste
Fluoride toothpaste is very useful to keep your teeth clean and strong. The finest combination is to use fluoride toothpaste and brush your teeth using soft and new toothbrush. Don’t forget to periodically change your toothbrush whether it’s every 2 months or every 3 months.
3. Flossing your teeth may help
if you think that cleaning your teeth with toothbrush twice per day is not enough, you may floss your teeth for seeing a better result. Floss your teeth with good quality dental floss gently periodically and shortly after doing it; don’t forget to clean your mouth with mouthwash.

Well, pretty easy huh? Those simple steps are very simple, easy and cheap. But I suggest you to visit your dentist at least once in 6 months to maintain your oral health.