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Tariq Drabu has advised that your toothbrush could be trying to warn you on your oral health. Tariq Drabu is a leading dentist and specialist oral surgeon. He is also the owner of the successful Langley Dental Practice in Middleton where he caters to private and NHS patients on a daily basis.

This top dentist has advised that many patients don't realise that their toothbrush has more of a story to tell than they realise and seeing the signs and knowing what to look for can help patients improve their oral heath now and moving forward.

One of the biggest concerns you should have is noticing blood on yourtoothbrush after brushing. Tariq Drabu advised that gum disease is a veryserious concern for anyone and gingivitis, which is the milder form of gumdisease often shows bleeding during brushing. This means that yourtoothbrush may show signs of blood.

If you do notice blood, seek dental treatment and ensure you brush twice a day,stay away from sugared foods and drinks and use dental floss to get intothose hard to reach places between the teeth.

Have you just brushed your teeth and your toothbrush has come up green, dark

brown or even caramel colour? Tariq Drabu advised that your toothbrush can pick up

food particles left behind after eating, but colour often is a sign of sugars which have

attached to the teeth. Green may be a sweet you have just eaten, while dark brown

could be chocolate of some kind and caramel colour could be tea or coffee residue.This is a sign that it may be time to cut back a bit.

Have you just brushed your teeth and your toothbrush has come up green, dark

brown or even caramel colour? Tariq Drabu advised that your toothbrush can pick up

food particles left behind after eating, but colour often is a sign of sugars which have

attached to the teeth. Green may be a sweet you have just eaten, while dark brown

could be chocolate of some kind and caramel colour could be tea or coffee residue.This is a sign that it may be time to cut back a bit.

A very serious concern, according to Tariq Drabu, is a toothbrush that smells. This

can be caused by a host of issues, including bacteria. Make sure you clean yourtoothbrush after and before every use.

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