Now if you have viewed the first three parts of this six part interview, this portion of the video discusses brushing and flossing. Dr Osmundson has a tendency to use a few dental terms that you may not be familiar with so I will tell you what the terms mean: the first word is abfraction which is a relatively new dental term which is still controversial meaning that area of each tooth at the gum line on the cheek side of the tooth only which the proponents believe, because of grinding forces, has popped off some of its enamel covering.
Another word is sulcus which is the dental term for the small space between the gum and the neck of the tooth. It is an area, usually 1 -3 millimeters deep in a healthy mouth, where the gum hugs the tooth but is not connected to it.
The third word is Calculus which sounds like higher mathematics but is the dental term for what is called tartar, that hard calcified stuff that builds up on our teeth and which the hygienists works with special devices to remove when she cleans our teeth.
He discusses timing yourself when brushing and admits that he does not spend several minutes looking at himself in the mirror each day, neither do I. However time is important. I recommend an electric tooth brush and many of my patients use the sonic brush that I feel does an excellent, thorough and fast job of teeth brushing. For the kids my hygienist Susan has special brushes that time their brushing with colorful flashing lights built right into the tooth brush. How cool is that?