Is it better to brush teeth during confinement or not? What are the requirements for brushing teeth during confinement?

We all know that confinement is an important period of postpartum recovery. Many pregnant mothers will confine themselves after giving birth. During confinement, there are often many things to pay attention to and precautions, including all aspects of life. Many mothers will pay more attention to hygiene, so can you brush your teeth during confinement? Let's take a closer look!

Can I brush my teeth during confinement?

You can brush your teeth during confinement.

During pregnancy and within 2 months after delivery, the hormone levels in the mother's body change, and the gums are prone to redness and swelling. Some mothers will experience pregnancy gingivitis, feeling swollen and uncomfortable. In ancient times when medicine was not well developed, some people believed that this phenomenon was caused by brushing teeth, and the saying that you can't brush your teeth during confinement became popular.

What are the consequences of not brushing your teeth for a long time? First of all, food residues will be left in the gaps between teeth, becoming a breeding ground for bacteria. A large number of bacteria will multiply, accumulate, and calcify in the congested and swollen gums, easily forming hard tartar, which will turn short-term gingivitis during pregnancy into difficult-to-treat chronic gingivitis. Furthermore, it may also lead to acidification and demineralization of the tooth surface, gum atrophy, exposed tooth roots, and the teeth will lose the support of the gum tissue and easily become loose and fall off. This is the truth behind the popular saying "one tooth is lost for each child born".

Moreover, the proliferation of oral bacteria will also produce indoles, sulfhydryls and amines, causing bad breath. Therefore, brushing your teeth correctly protects your oral cavity, not harms it.

How to brush teeth during confinement

Buy a special toothbrush

During the confinement period, you should brush your teeth every morning and evening, and remember to rinse your mouth with warm water after every meal. If conditions permit, you can ask your doctor to prescribe some medicine for rinsing your mouth. And you must not brush your teeth before going to bed. You must buy a special toothbrush, which will cause less irritation to the gums.

Brush your teeth with gauze for the first three days

During these three days, you can use the gauze brushing method. Simply wrap clean gauze around your fingers, squeeze some toothpaste, and brush your teeth gently like you would with a toothbrush. Afterwards, you can directly use your mobile phone to massage your gums.

Chinese herbal mouthwash

Soak clean tangerine peel in boiling water, and when the water is warm, put it in your mouth to rinse your mouth. Use the cleansing effect of tangerine peel to remove bad breath.

Things to note when brushing your teeth during confinement

1. Be careful when choosing a toothbrush. Use a soft-bristled toothbrush. You don’t have to buy a maternity toothbrush, especially the one with a gauze head that can’t clean well at all.

2. Use warm water when brushing your teeth and rinsing your mouth to avoid the adverse stimulation of cold water on your teeth.

3. Frequency of brushing teeth: Brush your teeth in the morning and evening as usual, and rinse your mouth after meals.

Postpartum taboos

diet

It is very important to pay attention to your diet during the confinement period. For example, if you eat too much cold or spicy food, it is likely to cause lochia retention, abdominal pain and other postpartum complications.

Confinement

Although you need to get enough rest during the confinement period, you cannot lie down all the time, because insufficient activity may cause postpartum edema or postpartum obesity.

cry

Keep a happy mood. As the saying goes, "a month without crying is not a month", crying has become a common problem during the month. First of all, there are internal factors. During the month, due to the changes in hormones in the body, some new mothers have not yet changed from pregnant women to new mothers, and feel very depressed. In addition, the mother-in-law and husband are not considerate enough, so they often cry during the month. It is very likely to cause insufficient breast milk.