A consultant family dentist, Dr. Basil Ojuku, has advised against the use of toothpick in picking the teeth because it is a bad practice and harmful to oral health.
Ojuku who is also the head of public health at the the Inter-country Centre for Oral Health for Africa, Jos, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Jos.
He explained that the practice of using toothpick to pick debris in between the teeth could be harmful by causing injury to the gum in between the teeth and narrowing the space in between the gum.
He further said that the act would lead to periodontitis ā a serious gum infection that damages the gums and could destroy the
