🦷 Oral Health Tools

Oral Hygiene Score Calculator

Score your oral hygiene routine across 8 dimensions. Get a score out of 100 and specific improvement recommendations ranked by impact.

8 Dimensions Score / 100 Ranked Improvements No Login
Oral Hygiene Score Calculator
Be honest - this helps you, not your dentist
1. Brushing Habits
2. Interdental Cleaning
3. Fluoride Use
4. Mouthwash
5. Diet
6. Dental Visits
7. Tongue Cleaning
8. Other Habits

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Disclaimer: This score is a general guide based on self-reported habits. Only a clinical examination can assess your actual oral health status. Use this as motivation, not a diagnosis.

What actually moves the needle in oral hygiene

Most people who think they have good oral hygiene are missing one of two things: interdental cleaning or the night brush. Brushing your teeth - even well - only cleans about 60% of tooth surfaces. The other 40% sit between teeth where your brush can't reach. That's where cavities and gum disease predominantly start.

The night brush is the most important of the two daily brushes. Saliva flow drops significantly during sleep, removing the natural protection it provides against bacterial acid attacks. Going to bed with a clean mouth with fluoride protection from toothpaste in contact with the teeth for as long as possible is genuinely significant. This means brushing last thing at night and not eating or drinking anything after (water is fine).

Pair this tool with the 2-minute Brushing Timer to fix technique, and the Diet Decay Risk Calculator to address the sugar frequency dimension specifically.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Flossing or using interdental brushes removes plaque from the surfaces between teeth where 40% of tooth decay and almost all gum disease originates. Brushing alone - no matter how thoroughly - can't reach these surfaces. If your gums bleed when you first start flossing, that's gingivitis responding to the bacterial disruption. Keep going - it resolves within 2 weeks of consistent daily flossing as the inflammation subsides.
After brushing is the common choice, but there's a catch. Using fluoride mouthwash immediately after brushing dilutes and rinses away the concentrated fluoride left on your teeth from toothpaste. The better approach: brush with fluoride toothpaste, spit but don't rinse, then use mouthwash at a completely separate time - like after lunch. If you're using a fluoride rinse specifically, use it at a different time from brushing entirely.

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