Why do my teeth feel dirtier in the morning when I brush at night?
When you brush your teeth at night, your teeth are clean and smooth. When you sleep, your mouth isn't moving the saliva around your teeth like it does when you're asleep. Plaque accumulates naturally from your saliva. Because your mouth is mainly stagnant when sleeping, the plaque is just staying on the surface of the tooth and can feel slimy when you wake up. Don't let this discourage/deter you from brushing at night. Brushing at night is actually more important than brushing in the morning because if you're leaving all that food debris on your teeth when you're sleeping - your saliva isn't protecting your teeth since your mouth isn't moving it around - this makes it easier to develop dental decay.
When you brush your teeth every morning and night, do you clean your tongue too?
I scrub my tongue, gums, top of mouth ~ everything.
Is it better to brush my teeth at night before sleep or at morning before breakfast?
Is it better to brush my teeth at night before sleep or at morning before breakfast?Thanks for the A2A.A friend of mine lets her son brush his teeth maybe once every other day, or when he feels like it. When he does brush his teeth, usually it is in the morning, or some vague time during the day, or at night right before he has his bedtime cocoa, or soda, his night time ritual.He has dark yellow teeth with clearly evident calculus (tartar). Foul breath you can smell from several feet away. And he is 18.With that in mind, if you can only brush your teeth once a day, do so about 30 minutes after any last meal, snack, or beverage (plain water is the rare exception) and before your bedtime. Preferably brush at least twice a day (the first time of the day, hopefully about 30+ minutes after your morning meal).Use proper brushing technique to get the most out of your brushing routine.If you prefer, here are instructions in a regular file (non-video) format. http://www.mouthhealthy.org/~/me...If you are not accustomed to brushing regularly and your gums are sensitive, gradually build up over a few weeks to daily brushing and to the recommended two minute interval. Your teeth - and gums - will get used to it.
Why do we brush our teeth at night and the morning?
You brush your teeth at night because of all of the food and drink that has been consumed throughout the day, as well as possible bacteria buildup. We brush in the morning to rid ourselves of plaque, and the morning breath is because while we sleep little bacteria grow all over our mouth, tongue and teeth throughout the night. It goes on during the day too but is less noticeable because of the things we eat and drink. While the bacteria multiply, they produce waste which stinks up our breath. So, that's why we brush our teeth at the morning and night, because of the millions of little bacteria growing all over your mouth all the time :) and I brush when I wake up and again after I eat breakfast
Why should we brush teeth in the morning?
when you sleep plaque and bacteria forms on your gums and teeth and give you 'morning breath'. if you just leave it there it has a better chance of doing damage to your mouth. and ew your breath stinks lol..
I brush my teeth only once a day (in the morning). Everyone in my family also follows the same practice, and we have had no teeth related problems till now. When I practically see no advantage in brushing twice a day, why is it advised to do so?
Ok, so let me relieve you by telling you a little secret… It is not compulsory to brush twice daily!You can maintain optimal oral health by thorough once a day brushing too. The word ‘thorough’ is important here. Most people usually skip certain important surfaces of the teeth during brushing. It is believed, if you brush more frequently, you may cover the skipped areas too.Twice a day brushing prevents cavities by blowing up the bacterial castles formed on the teeth. This is excellent for the people whose teeth are prone to carious development.Brushing at night actually benefits you by removing tit bits of supper from your mouth. These tit bits help in bacterial propagation. Why to feed the enemy's army?Brushing in the morning refreshes your mouth and prevents halitosis.So, my philosophy goes like this…You brush in the morning for your family and friends. You brush at night for yourself.Can you skip either of these? Or, more importantly, should you skip either of these? Your choice.
Is it compulsory to brush one’s teeth in the morning and evening? Can't we do it any other time?
At night the teeth are still and the lactic acid from bacteria gets to erode the teeth more effectively. The bacteria can only make lactic acid from 6-carbon sugars.At night is best. Fluoride will react with the bacteria and kill them. BUT…Try a fluoride-free toothpaste as these don’t react with the brain.Fluoride-free toothpaste use a sugar that the bacteria can’t digest which kills them. It is a 5-carbon sugar called Xylitol and is found in Walmart in Colgate’s Tom’s of Maine fluoride-free toothpaste. Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s and many supermarkets also carry fluoride-free toothpaste.PS - avoid baby toothpaste as these can contain citric acid. Acid is the problem.PS2- Fluoride doesn’t remineralize the teeth. Saliva remineralizes the teeth. There is a constant demineralization by acid and remineralization by the saliva. You want a clean mouth before you fall asleep.
Some people brush their teeth only in the morning but not after dinner at night. Isn't brushing post-dinner more important than in the morning?
Actually you are right, one should brush twice dailyAfter waking up in morningBefore sleeping at nightBut they are equally importantThere is formation of a bio film called plaque on surface of teeth due to metabolic processes and waste debris accumalation of Bacteria and food lodgement from our food that we eatThis Plaque is generally not visible to human naked eyes and it forms by bacterial processes on the food and debris that is left in the mouth after we eat the foodBut Brushing before Sleeping at night atlast, removes almost all the available food for bacteria and theoretically reduces the plaque formation (still bacteria do live and form plaque but brushing reduces to comparatively much less formation)Hence it is a must and should be done dailyOn the other hand, brushing in morning after waking up is also equally important so as to remove the debris formed over night and maintain proper oral hygiene by removal of odour and fresh cleaning of mouth.So people dont give the Night Time Brushing much importance but it should be done by all and Both time Brushing is equally important so dont skip brushing even once
Do I have to brush my teeth at night if I am going to brush them in the morning? Why?
Yes, because bacteria in your mouth multiply very fast. You may not be able to eliminate all of them when you brush your teeth but you can at least substantially reduce their number, which is somewhere in the billions.As you know, teeth are the hardest substance in the body. Bacteria prefer the more solid surfaces such as tiles, steel, and yes, teeth, on where they could form their colony, called the biofilm.If the biofilm, whose property is mostly acidic due to bacterial fermentation, remain in contact with the tooth surface for extended periods of time, the teeth’s protective enamel can erode over time.Brushing or not brushing in the evening will make little difference on your breath. But it will make a huge difference in the overall health of your teeth.And let’s be honest here. Not brushing your teeth at night is not just pure laziness. It’s also completely gross.