Monday, February 16, 2009

The (almost) Two and a Half-Foot long Infected Cut in Your Body.

Imagine that on your leg you have an infected, pus-filled gash that is 28-inches long and 1/4 inch deep! I'm sure you would want that treated immediately!

This is what nearly 3/4 of American adults are walking around with in their mouths right now -- and you could be one of them.

How?

You have 32 adult teeth, minus your four wisdom teeth if you had them extracted or they never erupted. That leaves 28 teeth. Imagine wrapping floss like a circle around all 28 teeth and measuring the length of the floss -- it would measure about 1 inch per tooth -- 28 inches. Now imagine the average gum disease pocket depth of 5 millimeters (about 1/4 inch). Voila! Statistically speaking, chances are that you have a 28 inch long infected cut in your mouth right now! (75% of American adults have some form of gum disease.)

Action Steps

Here are two things you can do right now to start fighting gum disease:

  1. Start squishing toothpaste between your teeth and then floss this toothpaste foam under your gums and between your teeth. (Colgate Total toothpaste is one of the best anti-gingivitis, anti-inflammatory toothpastes.)
  2. Use Crest Pro Health rinse twice a day. Be sure to wash all toothpaste foam out of your mouth before using Crest Pro Health rinse.
For more information, my book -- The Easy Way to Fight Decay -- is filled with supercharged preventive dental methods that get excellent results.

Make NOW the time to start helping yourself to better oral health!