Are Toothpicks Bad for Your Gums? The Truth About Toothpick vs Floss
Drop That Wooden Toothpick! The Truth About How You Remove Food From Your Teeth 🪵🥩 By Mariam from OralTalkWithMariam 💙 Hey Smile Squad! 😁💙 Let’s talk about a weekend ritual that almost everyone in Nigeria is guilty of. You just finished a delicious plate of rice with assorted meat, or maybe you just bought some spicy street suya. A piece of meat gets aggressively stuck between your back teeth. What is the very first thing you reach for? A wooden toothpick. You dig, poke, and pry at your gums until the meat finally pops out, and you feel that wave of relief. But as a Dental Care Professional, I have a slight table-shaking truth for you today: It’s not the toothpick itself... it’s how you are using it that is slowly damaging your gums. I know toothpicks are on every restaurant table! But today, we are looking at why dental professionals prefer you leave the wood alone, and what you should be using instead. 1. The Poking and Irritation Problem 😣 The biggest issue is...