Why you should never neglect your interdental spaces
When brushing your teeth, many people think primarily of the visible surfaces. However, the spaces between your teeth make up around a third of the entire tooth surface – and this is where the greatest danger of plaque, bacteria and tooth decay lurks.
Hidden dangers: What toothbrushes often fail to achieve
Bacteria love the narrow spaces between teeth, which normal toothbrush bristles can hardly reach. This is where plaque forms, a soft dental plaque that turns into hard tartar if neglected. Tartar can only be removed professionally and promotes tooth decay, gum inflammation and even tooth loss.
Why cleaning between the teeth is essential
Around 30-40% of tooth surfaces are in areas that you can only reach with dental floss or interdental brushes. If you ignore these areas, you leave an average of 12 whole teeth unbrushed every day. No wonder over 80% of tooth decay occurs right there!
For whom is interspace cleaning important?
In short: for everyone aged 12 and over. It is particularly important if you:
- you wear braces or fixed brackets,
- have sensitive gums or periodontitis,
- get older (gingivitis often increases with age),
- or regularly struggle with bad breath.
This makes cleaning easy – even on the go
Our product recommendations make cleaning the interdental spaces easy:
- REACH Dentalfloss dental floss
- edel+white EasyFlex interdental brushes and dental floss
- edel+white Pick Sticks
Together with the edel+white Sonic Generation Health Suite you clean your teeth thoroughly and gently – even where it really counts.
Sonic toothbrush cleans interdental spaces in no time at all
The edel+white Sonic Generation Health Suite sonic toothbrush not only cleans mechanically, but thanks to the hydrodynamic effect it also creates fine fluid flows that remove plaque and bacteria even in the spaces between teeth, where no bristle can reach.
- Up to 42,000 micro-movements per minute activate the cleaning effect.
- The ultra-soft Konex HD® bristles are five times finer and at the same time five times more resistant than conventional bristles.
- The conical shape adapts perfectly to the contours of your teeth for thorough yet gentle cleaning right up to the gum line.
