Rylee A.

Creating Miles of Smiles!

By: Rylee A.

They walk into the dentist office. The girl brushes her teeth 2 times a day, and the boy brushes his teeth once a day. They both come out of the office with something in their hand. The girl has a good job sticker, and the boy has a comeback next week note. New studies show that not brushing your teeth twice a day leads to bad oral health, critical bacteria, and heart diseases. People need to make brushing their teeth part of their daily life. This should be done at least twice a day.

Who likes people with stink breath?! That's right, nobody does. A recent news article evidently shows that a condition of bad oral health is stink breath (Nagelberg, DDS). Your mouth is like the trash, if you don't take care of it, then it isn't gonna be or smell pretty.
Brushing your teeth also helps out with the bacteria in your mouth, the bacteria that is moving around and rotting your teeth right now. Gross right! Although just brushing your teeth alone cleans 40% of your entire mouth, it still makes a difference (Dr. Goolnik., DDS).  The more you don't brush your teeth, the more the bacteria is going to grow. Bacteria is in everything, especially the food that you just ate (that's how the food got in your mouth).

Not brushing your teeth can also increase your chance of a heart attack. Recent studies show that 28% of heart attack patients had bad oral health (Dr. Friedman). Also, according to Bow Lane Dental, “Bacteria from your mouth can make its way to your bloodstream and increase your chance of a heart attack or stroke” (2013). Like I said before, 28% of heart attack patients did not brush their teeth frequently enough. Do you want to be part of that 28%. I know I don't.

If people don't start brushing their teeth at least twice a day, their bodies will most likely produce some sort of health disorder. Therefore, you might encounter some uncomfortable surgery. Clearly people need to brush their teeth at least twice a day, or more frequently.