5-Step Smile Workout Plan For Great Dental Hygiene!

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- Welcome to the Let's Talk Smiles podcast, the show dedicated to helping you live your best life with a smile, and now sharing inside secrets to a Hollywood smile that will take your confidence level from zero to 100 by the end of this podcast.

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Your host, the queen of smiles, and dentist to the stars, Dr. Catrise Austin.

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- Hi, I'm Dr. Catrise Austin, cosmetic dentist to the stars.

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I've helped with some of your favorite celebrities with their smiles, like Cardi B, Wendy Williams, Common, Anthony Anderson, and so many more.

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I want to share the five step smile workout that will help you have a beautiful, healthy smile.

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Now it's possible for you, if you consider your smile as a workout, just like you do a workout for your entire body.

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It's super important that you have good oral health.

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I'm gonna tell you why, and how you can achieve it.

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You know, a lot of people ask me, Dr. Austin, can I really have a smile like the celebrities?

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And my answer is yes, you can.

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You know what, it's easier than you think.

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If you think about it, the secrets to having a celebrity smile is having clean, healthy teeth, and you can achieve that if you follow a routine.

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Now, a lot of people say, why is it important to have good oral health?

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And I'm here to tell you that when you feel good about your teeth and your smile, it's just gonna make you overall feel good about yourself.

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I mean, take it from me, I just recently got my smile transformed.

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And of course, I take care of my teeth, but when you feel good about your teeth, I mean, you're gonna have a boost of confidence, and you're overall gonna just feel happier.

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And that's what we want.

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So today, we're gonna go through the five step workout.

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I'm gonna get you guys to work out that smile, like you're working out your body.

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It's just as important.

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So let's get into the five steps in my workout plan.

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All right, here we go.

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It's brush, floss, rinse your mouth, clean your tongue, and be consistent.

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Yes, it's so easy.

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So let's break this down.

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All right, step one in the smile workout plan is brushing.

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Now, when you're brushing, I need you to brush for two whole minutes, and brush with a soft manual toothbrush, or you can even use an electric toothbrush.

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Now I personally love electric toothbrushes, because many of them have timers, and different brushing modes.

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But most importantly, the timer is usually set for two minutes, and every 30 seconds, it's gonna beep to let you know that you need to move to the next section.

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So this is what I want you guys to do.

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I need you to divide your mouth into four sections, right?

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And you're going to brush each section for 30 seconds.

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And that toothbrush is going to tell you when it's time to move to the next section.

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Now, while you're in each section, it's super important that you clean each and every surface of your tooth.

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Now you want to clean the front surface, the biting surface, and the tongue surface.

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You got to get all three, and then you're gonna move to the next section after 30 seconds.

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So 30 seconds, 30 seconds, 30 seconds, 30 seconds will total two whole minutes.

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This is not something that you want to rush through.

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The name of the game is we want to remove those plaque germs that are responsible for gum disease and cavities, want to get rid of the sugars, we want to get rid of the acids, and keep your foundation of your mouth healthy.

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All right, step two is flossing.

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Now I know a lot of you guys skip this part, and this is a very, very important part.

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What flossing is gonna do, guys, is it's gonna help you remove that bacteria that's hidden below the gums, where that toothbrush can't reach.

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We got to get those hidden areas that's sitting, you got food there, you got bacteria there.

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And if it sits there too long, it's gonna start to smell like garbage.

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It's gonna cause bad breath, and we totally don't want bad breath, right?

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You're networking, you're out on a hot date.

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You're trying to close some business deals, and some sales.

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Bad breath can really, really ruin your interaction with people.

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- Flossing is super important.

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Don't skip this part, guys.

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We got to get you to flossin'.

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So one of my favorite things are these flossers.

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I love the flossers on a stick.

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It is so easy to use, because all I need you guys to do, and these come in a bag of 50, a box of 100.

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Get some of these, right?

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And they're very affordable.

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But what I love about these flossers is that you're not gonna get all tangled up with using the string floss.

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It's super easy, you just grab and go.

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Now, what you want to do is while you're flossing, you want to go in an up and down vertical motion.

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The name of the game is to clean the size of your teeth.

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That's what you got to do.

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We don't want the sugar sticking to your teeth.

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We don't want the plaque sticking to your teeth.

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We want to keep that surface nice and clean.

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Now, underneath the gums, you also have fibers and bone, and the fibers are holding your teeth to the bone to stabilize you.

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And that's what we want.

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We want to have strong teeth and healthy gums, and solid bone, so that you don't lose your teeth.

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So flossing is gonna be super key.

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You want to do this twice a day as well.

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If you can do all brushing and flossing three times, I'd be super happy, but I'll take two.

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Hey, give me two in the morning, at night before you go to bed.

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We don't want to go to bed with sugars and bacteria on your teeth, okay?

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All right, step three in our five step smile workout plan is super important.

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It is rinsing your mouth.

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Yes, did you know, guys, that when you're just brushing, you're only reaching about 25% of the mouth.

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That's not good enough, I'm sorry.

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So we want to rinse with an effective mouthwash.

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I personally recommend Listerine Cool Mint Antiseptic Mouthwash.

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When you use it twice a day for 30 seconds, you're going to virtually clean about 100% of your mouth.

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And you're gonna get 24 hour germ protection, and kill 99.9% of those germs that can lead to plaque buildup, bad breath, and gingivitis.

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When you use this every day, I promise you you're gonna get a full mouth clean, and that's what we want.

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Now there's different versions of Listerine, but the Listerine Cool Mint Antiseptic Mouthwash is clinically proven to have oral health benefits.

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So this is my favorite.

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Now step four in my smile workout plan is cleaning your tongue.

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The tongue holds a lot of hidden bacteria, guys.

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I mean, you have crevices in your tongue.

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Plaque gets into those grooves, and it's a source of bad breath.

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We don't want you to have bad breath.

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We want you to have fresh, confident, kissable breath.

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So what you want to do, guys, is you want to clean your tongue.

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What you're gonna do is you're gonna take this tongue cleaner, you're gonna stick your tongue out as far as you can, and use this tongue scraper, and go back as far as you can without gagging, okay?

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So this is what you do.

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Stick your tongue out, and scrape.

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Now, if you haven't been doing this, you may see a brown or white film, a bacteria right here on the tongue scraper.

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It's disgusting, but we got to do it.

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We got to get that bacteria off your tongue, so that you can have good oral hygiene, all right?

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All right, so the final step in my five step smile workout plan is making sure that you're super consistent.

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I mean, we want you to do this workout plan every single day.

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I mean, workout your smile, like you're working out your body, get in the rhythm of doing it.

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And when you find that you're doing this every day, you're gonna see that it's gonna get easier, and easier, and it's not going to seem like so much of a burden, right?

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You're gonna find that you're gonna actually start to kinda like it.

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You're gonna feel empty if you're not following these five steps.

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So brush, floss, rinse your mouth, clean your tongue, and be consistent.

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And you're on your way to a healthier smile.

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Now you may be asking, why is it important to get rid of these germs?

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Well, it's so important to get rid of these germs, because we don't want you to get gum disease.

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That's the last thing that you want.

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I mean, if you don't know what gum disease, what it looks like, it's when you have bleeding gums, your gums may turn from being pink to red.

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You may find that they're a little tender, or even swollen.

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And if you don't get it under control, over time, your substructure, the fibers and the bone is going to start to deteriorate.

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Your teeth are gonna get loose, and you might lose your teeth, and we don't want that.

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We want you to have your teeth for a lifetime.

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So again, following this five step smile workout plan is going to help you get rid of the bacteria, have healthier gums, and I also want you to pair this with going to your dentist.

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You guys know you should be seeing your dentist at least two times a year, every six months.

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And sometimes your dentist may recommend that you see the dentist every three to four months, especially if you have a history of advanced gum disease, and you have diabetes, where you're more susceptible to advanced gum disease.

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You may be told by your dentist that you need to come in every three to four months.

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We want to catch problems before they get big, and expensive, and painful, right?

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All right, so I hope that you have enjoyed my five step smile workout plan.

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Again, think of your mouth as just as important as your overall body.

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Your mouth is connected to your body, and there are to poor oral health to health issues.

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It can infect your brain, it could infect all your vital organs, and we don't want that bacteria to travel, and just do harmful things to your health.

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So let's get into it.

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Let's get to working out those smiles.

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I'll see you next time, guys.

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- Thanks for listening to the Let's Talk Smiles podcast with Dr. Catrise Austin.

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