1. Put some toothpaste on your toothbrush. Don’t use too much. About the size of a pea.
2. Have
a plan and a pattern. It’s not haphazard. Start with the molars all the way at the back of your mouth—top or bottom,
left side or right, it doesn’t really matter.
3. Hold your brush against the outer surface (the cheek side) of
the back molar at the gum line at a 45-degree angle.
4. Jiggle the brush in a small circular motion five or six times.
Remember, you are not scrubbing the kitchen floor. The bristles shouldn’t jump from tooth to tooth. Instead, you’re
aiming to jiggle them into the crevices between the teeth.
5. Use light pressure.
6. Clean two or three teeth
at a time. Next, move the brush forward a bit in your mouth and repeat.
7. Follow this until you get to the other side
of your jaw.
8. Repeat this procedure on the opposite jaw, then on the inside surfaces of the teeth.
9. Next,
clean the chewing surfaces of your molars. Hold the brush head horizontally and move it back and forth while pressing down
a bit to get the bristles down into the grooves of the teeth.
10. To clean the backs of your top and bottom front teeth,
turn the brush so you can use the tip to get into this narrower area
11. The whole process should take you a couple
of minutes. If it takes less, chances are you’re skimping by not brushing each area long enough. Brush longer, not harder.
