Dentist Shares The 'Biggest Mistake' We Make When Brushing

<script>!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement('script');c.src='//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);</script><script id="6908cfc1e4b0c4a0f509f62e">(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb';cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb","mediaId":"520d229e-1567-4dee-95fc-ef6fbbb14a0b"}).render("6908cfc1e4b0c4a0f509f62e");});</script><div class="content-list-component text"><p>I was embarrassingly old when I realised <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/electric-toothbrush-brushing-mistake_uk_68c27ffbe4b0ca3909e10300">we’re meant to “glide” an electric toothbrush</a> over our teeth rather than scrubbing with it. </p><p>We’re also meant to <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/flossing-teeth-correct-depth_uk_67810240e4b01206166eb2f8">floss deeper into our gums</a> and <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/mouthwash-mistake-timing_uk_68c3d3f4e4b0e8417820f1a3">wait much longer to use mouthwash</a> than I realised.</p><p>Since learning about the techniques, though, I’ve had a much more thorough dental routine.</p><p>Except, it turns out, I’ve been making what dentist Dr Mark Burhenne, known online as <a href="https://askthedentist.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ask A Dentist</a>, calls “the biggest mistake” most of us make when brushing. </