India, July 28 -- Taking care of oral health is an integral part of taking care of overall health. But how does one realise that their dental hygiene is perfect, and whether brushing twice a day is actually giving the desired result?

Taking to Instagram on July 10, Dr Mark Burhenne, a San Francisco-based dentist with over four decades of experience, shared five signs that suggest that a person's dental hygiene is on point. If an individual ticks off all five, they are among the "top 0.1 percent of healthiest mouths," he shared.

The five-point checklist is presented as follows.

If the gums do not bleed, neither when one brushes their teeth, nor when they floss, it is a sign of excellent dental health, shared Dr Burhenne.

"Bleeding gums...