Many people have the habit of flossing with toothpicks after meals, not knowing that the wrong way of flossing or flossing every day for no reason, the gap between the teeth will get bigger and bigger, but also damage the gums, but not to protect the teeth. Shanghai Wanzhong dental experts said that the use of toothpicks have three major health risks: 1, poor sterilization, mismanagement of toothpicks prone to disease The toothpicks in restaurants are usually accompanied by a variety of bacteria, viruses, they will enter the body through the toothpicks, threatening your health. According to laboratory tests, a small toothpick is “hiding” tens of thousands of bacteria! 2, improper use of toothpicks, will lead to periodontal disease If no dental phenomenon and flossing or improper use of toothpicks will cause gingivitis, gingival recession, dental gaps increase and lead to periodontal disease, do not press the toothpick into the interdental papilla area, because this will make the gap between the teeth did not increase the gap caused by periodontal disease. 3, gripping containing toothpicks carelessly may endanger life According to media reports, a consumer accidentally swallowed into the belly because of gripping toothpicks, the small intestine punctured, the hospital emergency surgery to remove from the body, nearly lost his life. In addition to the health risks associated with the use of toothpicks, wooden toothpicks can cause huge consumption of wood. According to relevant statistics, the country’s annual consumption of more than 600 billion toothpicks, if the wood manufacturing needs to consume 1.6 million cubic meters of wood, equivalent to 2.03 million acres of wood; bamboo manufacturing needs to consume 1.4 million tons of bamboo, equivalent to 700,000 acres of bamboo, South Korea, Japan and other developed countries have now completely banned wooden toothpicks. At the same time, the toothpick production process and after use also cause pollution to the environment.