Home Care

Home care habits are important part of maintaining a healthy smile. We at Cambie Dental Centre encourages all our patients to maintain their oral health by following our “secret formula”

• Brush before going to bed with an electric toothbrush with a soft brush head
• Brush after you wake up before you start your day
• Floss before you brush at night time, brush after you floss (wax string floss recommended)
• If you have some larger spaces between teeth, you can use a Water flosser (Waterpik)
  1. If you have braces and cannot floss, use a water flosser
  2. If you have full arch implants or long bridges, use a water flosser
• Use a non-whitening fluoride toothpaste.
• Use a soft tongue brush or tongue scraper once a day to maintain fresh breath

Optional: use of a mouthwash (non-alcoholic) after brushing

Things to avoid doing at home:

• Avoid using a toothpick – it is too ridged and aggressive and can damage gums
• Avoid sipping on acidic drinks (lemon water, carbonated water, sports drink)
• Avoid using your teeth as tools (opening beer bottles)
• Avoid abrasive whitening toothpaste (activated charcoal or other whitening toothpaste the particles can damage your enamel)