How to remove toothpaste

Tartar is a relatively common dental disease, mainly because of the lack of attention to oral hygiene. Dental plaque gradually erodes the teeth and eventually forms tartar. The method of removing tartar is relatively simple. You should go to the dental hospital for examination in time and use the teeth cleaning equipment to clean the tartar. It should be noted that tartar cannot be completely removed in one go, so you must listen to the doctor's advice.

How to remove toothpaste

The first step is to check whether there is only supragingival tartar or whether there is also tartar in the invisible areas under the gums.

The second step is to clean the supragingival calculus and subgingival calculus separately. Supragingival tartar needs to be cleaned and polished, and some patients with more pigmentation due to smoking may also need sandblasting to remove the pigment. Subgingival tartar is very stubborn and requires a periodontist to use special instruments to perform scaling and root planing for a thorough cleaning.

The third step is that it is not a one-time treatment that will be successful. It requires re-examination and continuous cleaning every six months to a year so that the tartar can be removed “cleanly”.

We sometimes see "home remedies" on the Internet such as dissolving with acetic acid, picking it off yourself, etc., but this is not advisable.

Vinegar or other acidic substances can indeed dissolve tartar, which is mainly composed of calcium and phosphorus, but the main components of our teeth are also calcium and phosphorus. By doing this, wouldn’t it dissolve part of the normal teeth while dissolving the tartar? This makes the tooth surface rough and sensitive, making it more susceptible to the attachment of new tartar. This practice of "killing one thousand enemies but losing eight hundred of your own" and failing to completely remove the tartar is extremely undesirable.

How is tartar formed?

Tartar is calcified or calcified plaque and deposits deposited on the tooth surface. Its main components, 75% to 85%, are inorganic salts, and the rest are organic matter and water. The inorganic components are mainly calcium and phosphorus, most of which exist in crystalline forms such as hydroxyapatite and phosphate; while the organic components are very similar to plaque. In short, the mineral salts in saliva and gingival sulcular fluid, plaque, food residues, etc. jointly calcify and deposit to form tartar.