Dr. Victoria Sampson

So a lot of people don't actually know how to brush their teeth, number one.

Number two, we often don't brush for as long as we think that we are.

So we're meant to brush for two minutes.

The average is 20 to 30 seconds, and we think that we're brushing for two minutes, but we're not.

So with an electric toothbrush, it times you, and then also a pressure sensor.

So the electric toothbrush often will have a pressure sensor, which will show you whether or not you're brushing too hard or you're brushing at the right pressure, and that will reduce your chance of recession.

Yes.

Can I have your teeth?

Yes.

So I would say the area that people usually struggle with the most is the insides of their very back bottom teeth.

Basically, yeah.

Just near your tongue, basically.

What a lot of people will do is they'll kind of, they'll go on the inside and they brush their teeth like this.

Okay.

Whereas actually you want to get your elbow up and you want to brush a lot more at like a 90 degree angle when you're getting there.

A little bit, yes.

You actually do want to brush the gums a little bit.

And then when we're on the outsides of the teeth, we want to kind of brush at a 30-degree angle.

So rotational movements and at a 30-degree angle.

So not straight like a 90-degree, but kind of towards the gum margin.