Tartar has a way of sneaking up on you. One week your teeth feel smooth. A little later you notice a rough patch near the gums that doesn’t disappear no matter how long you brush. That’s because tartar isn’t ordinary plaque anymore. It’s hardened, and once it reaches that stage, your toothbrush isn’t going to win.<\/p>\r\n
Plaque forms every day. That’s normal. But if it stays on your teeth long enough, minerals in your saliva turn it into tartar. After that, it bonds tightly to the surface of your teeth. You can scrub harder if you want. You’ll probably just end up with sore gums.<\/p>\r\n
A dentist or dental hygienist uses special tools that safely break tartar away from your teeth. It’s called a professional cleaning, and it’s the only reliable way to eliminate tartar that’s already hardened. The whole thing usually feels much easier than people expect.<\/p>\r\n
Some areas are especially tricky. Around the gumline. Between teeth. Behind the lower front teeth. Those spots collect tartar because they don’t always get cleaned well during everyday brushing.<\/p>\r\n
The trick is keeping tartar from coming back. Plaque is soft for a while, which means you still have a chance to remove it before it hardens.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Brush twice every day. Two full minutes feels longer than you think, but it becomes automatic after a while.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Floss matters because your toothbrush never reaches the tight spaces, even if the package insists it does.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 An electric toothbrush. I prefer one because it simply does more of the work without much effort from you.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 If your dentist suggests a tartar control toothpaste, use it regularly. Switching brands every week usually solves nothing. Tartar has a way of sneaking up on you. One week your teeth feel smooth. A little later you notice a rough patch near the gums that doesn’t disappear no matter how long you brush. That’s because tartar isn’t ordinary plaque anymore. It’s hardened, and once it reaches that stage, your toothbrush isn’t going to … Continue reading How to Eliminate Tartar From Your Teeth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3995,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978\/revisions\/3995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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