It is often said that toothache is not a disease, but a pain that kills. According to some data, 80% of preschool children in China have tooth decay, 80% of teenagers have gingivitis, and 80% of adults have gum recession and root exposure. For middle-aged and elderly people, toothache is a frequent factor that affects their quality of life. Most of the patients are due to the toothache is too much to bear to the hospital to see a doctor, in fact, this time has missed the best time for treatment. It is understood that more than 60% of the people in China have never seen a dentist, only less than 2% of the residents have the habit of regular oral examination and cleaning. The oral cavity is very strong as a whole, whether the patient needs to be resolved, or the doctor is facing are not only dental problems, but the entire oral environment. Regular “oral hygiene cleaning”] Oral health is an important part of human health. The World Health Organization has pointed out that dental health refers to the teeth, periodontal tissues, adjacent parts of the oral cavity and the maxillofacial area are no tissue structure and functional abnormalities. And formulated oral health standards are: clean teeth, no caries, no pain, normal color of the gums, no bleeding phenomenon. It can be seen that oral health means having good oral hygiene, sound oral function and no oral disease. In general, oral joint cleaning includes self-cleaning and doctor cleaning two parts. Self-cleaning includes practicing good tooth brushing from an early age, choosing a toothbrush that suits your needs, rinsing your mouth with tea, refusing toothpicks and flossing more often, and reducing smoking and alcohol consumption. When you are unable to clean your own teeth, you need to go to the hospital to see a doctor for oral cleaning. People should go to the hospital at least once a year to carry out “oral hygiene cleaning”, patients should also strive to find “their own dentist” in the high-quality doctors, the benefits of fixing an oral surgeon can ensure that their treatment of the whole and continuity. Some people are worried about the “cleaning” process of cross-infection, in fact, in the regular hospital clinic, the patient asked the medical staff to face the full set of medical equipment, including drills, including unsealing, you can basically avoid cross-infection. 【Protecting your teeth with know-how】 To have a healthy set of teeth, it is necessary to master some know-how to protect your teeth. Master the following four, your teeth can be healthy. Tip one: self-care awareness. There are many middle-aged and elderly people think that toothache is not a disease, usually do not pay attention to oral health care, have a disease not timely treatment. Self-care method is to adhere to the morning and evening brushing, rinsing after meals, in order to remove plaque, soft tartar. Use dental floss to clean up after the food is embedded in the teeth. In addition, every six months or a year to the hospital to do an oral examination, teeth cleaning once (i.e., scaling), early detection of oral diseases, timely treatment, missing teeth in time to set teeth. Tip 2: Remove bad habits. Quit smoking, alcohol, do not eat too hot and spicy food, extraction of residual crowns, residual roots, grinding away the sharp tip of the tooth, remove bad restorations, in order to avoid chronic adverse stimuli. Tip 3: Reduce various disease-causing factors. It is important to moderate the intake of sweets and sweet drinks, and reduce the acidity of saliva and gingival sulcus fluid in order to reduce the incidence of caries and wedge-shaped defects. Tip 4: Administer health care methods. Traditional medicine advocates morning and evening knock and massage the gums is the most effective method, every morning or after sleeping gently knock on the upper and lower teeth dozens of times, can promote dental and periodontal tissue blood circulation, at the same time in the wash, with the index finger up and down the rotating massage of the gums, exclude the gingival sulcus and periodontal pockets of secretions, can improve blood circulation in the gums to improve the periodontal tissues resistance, thus preventing periodontal disease.