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Brush up well

(Daily Express 03/11/2009)

THE nation has never splashed out so much money in the search for a perfect smile. The £500million we spend annually on toothpastes, brushes, mouthwashes and flosses barely scrubs the surface. Cosmetic treatments such as whitening send that figure soaring yet when it comes to looking after our teeth many of us are still getting the basics wrong. Two-thirds of us don%u2019t clean our teeth properly, while more than 11 million of us haven%u2019t seen a dentist in the past two years. Here is what you need to know about caring for your pearly whites, along with some of the most common myths debunked.