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Oral Hygiene Tips: To maintain the oral health, you should change your toothbrush every 3 months. It has now been found in a study that the toothbrush should be replaced even after recovering from colds and coughs. What is its life …Read more
People should change toothbrush after every 3-4 months.
Highlights
- It is necessary to change the toothbrush after cold and cold.
- After the illness, bacteria can remain on the toothbrush.
- Everyone should change the toothbrush every 3-4 months.
When to change toothbrush: Everyone uses a toothbrush to do teeth together. All kinds of toothbrushes are found in the market and people buy them according to their needs. It is often said that to keep oral health better, clean cleaning of a toothbrush is necessary. Oral health experts suggest that people should change their brush every 3-4 months, because using a long time is not good for oral health. Now a recent study has revealed that even after recovering from cold, cold, cough or other disease, people should change toothbrushes.
According to toi report Whenever a person has a cold or cold, bacteria-virus spreads in the throat and mouth. When you do a toothbrush, these viruses and bacteria reach the toothbrush. Often people wash the toothbrush with only water, but this does not clean the brush correctly. The bacteria and viruses on this toothbrush can stay alive for several days. In such a situation, even after you recover, these bacteria and viruses can be infected again. This is the reason that people should change their toothbrushes after recovering from colds and coughs.
Not only cold and cold, but even after recovering from any disease, people must change their toothbroth. Actually, when you are ill, germs of your mouth stick to the brusals of brush. Even after recovering, if you keep using the same brush, then you bring these germs again in your mouth. Especially when the toothbrush is kept in the bathroom, the moisture and bacteria present in the air can make it even more dirty. Caution should be taken in such a situation.
According to health experts, the toothbrush is not cleaned properly, then bacteria, fungus and other viruses can flourish in it. To avoid this, washing the brush with water is not enough. You can soak your toothbrush in antibacterial mouthwash or reduce the number of bacteria by submerging hot water or hydrogen peroxide. Some people also use UV sanitizer. Apart from this, toothbrush should be changed every 3-4 months, so that oral health remains better. According to doctors, people should not share their toothbrushes with anyone and should not keep all toothbrushes in one place.
