Perfect dental hygiene not only requires the right toothbrush, brushing technique and tooth paste but also tools. The best-known tool is dental floss.

• Dental floss: Dental floss is available in waxed and unwaxed form. Beginners would fare better with waxed dental floss. It is slightly thicker due to its additional coating and thus easier to hold, easier to guide over the contact points and does not fray so easily.
• Drugs: These include bacteria and inflammation inhibiting drugs to reduce plaque. They are applied as rinsing solution, gel coating or as additives in tooth paste. Chlorhexidin (CHX), tin fluoride and triclosan, for example, have a plaque-inhibiting effect.

Perfect dental hygiene not only requires the right toothbrush, brushing technique and tooth paste but also tools. The best-known tool is dental floss.

• Dental floss: Dental floss is available in waxed and unwaxed form. Beginners would fare better with waxed dental floss. It is slightly thicker due to its additional coating and thus easier to hold, easier to guide over the contact points and does not fray so easily.
• Drugs: These include bacteria and inflammation inhibiting drugs to reduce plaque. They are applied as rinsing solution, gel coating or as additives in tooth paste. Chlorhexidin (CHX), tin fluoride and triclosan, for example, have a plaque-inhibiting effect.

Perfect dental hygiene not only requires the right toothbrush, brushing technique and tooth paste but also tools. The best-known tool is dental floss.

• Dental floss: Dental floss is available in waxed and unwaxed form. Beginners would fare better with waxed dental floss. It is slightly thicker due to its additional coating and thus easier to hold, easier to guide over the contact points and does not fray so easily.
• Drugs: These include bacteria and inflammation inhibiting drugs to reduce plaque. They are applied as rinsing solution, gel coating or as additives in tooth paste. Chlorhexidin (CHX), tin fluoride and triclosan, for example, have a plaque-inhibiting effect.

Perfect dental hygiene not only requires the right toothbrush, brushing technique and tooth paste but also tools. The best-known tool is dental floss.

• Dental floss: Dental floss is available in waxed and unwaxed form. Beginners would fare better with waxed dental floss. It is slightly thicker due to its additional coating and thus easier to hold, easier to guide over the contact points and does not fray so easily.
• Drugs: These include bacteria and inflammation inhibiting drugs to reduce plaque. They are applied as rinsing solution, gel coating or as additives in tooth paste. Chlorhexidin (CHX), tin fluoride and triclosan, for example, have a plaque-inhibiting effect.