You’ve just returned home from a great holiday party, and smiling as you walk by the hallway mirror, you see it! A big green bit of spinach is stuck on your front tooth. Now you’re asking yourself who saw this and didn’t say anything. Or maybe they didn’t see it…
To help you avoid embarrassing dental disasters during this holiday season, Dr. Lee Gause DDS has offered a few tips to help you. Dr. Gause is a dentist at Smile Design Manhattan in New York. He’s also a clinical associate faculty in the Continuing Dental Education Dental Implant Program at NYU College of Dentistry.
Dr. Gause suggests alleviating some of the discoloration of “red wine mouth” by eating a bit of cheese or even drinking water between sips of wine. He also says to avoid chasing white wine with red. That’s a “surefire stain maker.”
Since acids in wine temporarily dissolve a microlayer of tooth, Dr. Gause recommends that wine drinkers should avoid brushing their teeth immediately after drinking. He adds that since teeth remain in a weakened state for about 20 to 30 minutes, rinsing with water instead of brushing right away will help protect the teeth.
To avoid getting food stuck in teeth at holiday gatherings, Dr. Gause suggests skipping broccoli, spinach and other “stringy” foods that often lodge themselves between teeth. He also recommends avoiding sugary sweets, but if you must indulge, he says you should opt for chocolate rather than caramels or lollipops. Also, Dr. Gause suggests storing toothpicks or dental floss in your pocket to use when you visit the ladies room.
Have you gotten food stuck in your teeth at a party?
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