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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...

  Is Your Mouthwash Just "Perfume" For a Dirty Mouth? The Truth About Mouthwash and Plaque 🌬️ 🚫 By Mariam from OralTalkWithMariam 💙 Hey Smile Squad! 😁💙 Let’s talk about a daily routine that millions of people around the world do every single morning. You wake up, do a quick brush, and then take a huge gulp of that bright blue or green mouthwash. You swish it around until your cheeks burn, spit it out, and think: "Ahhh. So fresh. So clean. My mouth is completely germ-free." I hate to be the one to break it to you, but... it probably isn't. As a Dental care Professional, one of the biggest global myths I have to bust daily is the " Mouthwash Myth ." If you are relying on mouthwash to clean your teeth, mouthwash can give a false sense of cleanliness if you skip brushing and flossing. You are just putting expensive perfume on a dirty body! Today, we are shaking the table and looking at why this happens and how to actually clean your mouth the right w...