Terms on prevention and oral hygiene beginning with M

Milk dentition – The first twenty teeth. They are smaller and the enamel is thinner – caries advances faster there than in the permanent dentition. Nursing-bottle caries

Oral hygiene – Everything that happens at home: brushing, care of the spaces between the teeth, cleaning the tongue. It decides how much is left to do at the practice. Professional tooth cleaning

Mouth rinse – A complement, not a substitute. A rinse reaches the surface of the biofilm, not its core. Biofilm Chlorhexidine

Dry mouth – Too little saliva – often as a side effect of medication. The risk of caries rises markedly as a result. Saliva Xerostomia