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When do you brush your teeth?

It is advised to brush your teeth at least twice a day, but when? Just before bed is a gimme because you’re about to lie mostly still for 6+ hours. Best to not leave food particles to fester.

What’s the best time for an earlier brushing? After breakfast? After lunch? After work/school?

Plus, what’s up with TV and movies having breakfast scenes where they get up and head right out the door? Did they already brush and now they’re going to leave food to fester all day? Eww.

i_dont_want_to ,

Typically, I brush and floss before bed. In the morning, I will rinse my mouth out to get a lot of the bacteria from overnight out of my mouth.

If I have the energy, I will brush about an hour after my morning snack and caffeine.

If I don’t have the energy, I will rinse my mouth out after breakfast.

I find rinsing my mouth out, while not as good as brushing, really helps freshen up my mouth.

kryllic ,
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Brush before bed to keep your teeth, brush after breakfast to keep your friends

covert_czar ,
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Bro its not just about the 6 hours, There will be much less saliva and other secretions from your mouth when you sleep. Actually saliva slows down bacteria growth, thats why your breath smells after you wake up

covert_czar ,
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Still i don’t brush twice🫠

Jumi ,

After my morning tea and before I go to bed

state_electrician ,

As far as I know, getting cavities is a lot about genetics. I floss and brush after dinner and breakfast and don’t overthink it and I’ve been fine for many decades now.

ReluctantMuskrat ,

Getting cavities is a lot about the prevelance of sugar and highly-refined carbs. Some people are more susceptible than others due to differences in saliva, but the typical western diet is horrible for your teeth.

NorthWestWind ,
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Before bed and before breakfast. Bacteria grow in your mouth during your sleep, so it’s best to keep them low when you start sleeping, and kill them again before you swallow them with breakfast.

l3enc ,

I think ideally you’d brush your teeth after every meal, but that would require having a toothbrush with you at all times and I’m too lazy for that. Brushing twice a day is good enough; once around 10-15 minutes after eating breakfast/ the first meal of the day and right before bed.

Daryl76679 ,

I brush before eating. I cannot stand the taste of morning breath

vpklotar ,

I think the problem with brushing too many times is that the toothpaste itself is also somewhat abresive. So, brushing too often will result in you destroying your teeth. Especially if using “whitening” pastes.

Rocky60 ,

Bad teeth run in my family. Most of them had false teeth as adults

MystikIncarnate ,

Cool story.

Rocky60 ,

I wish I was as cool as you.

room_raccoon ,

I liked your story, if that means anything

TryingToEscapeTarkov ,

When my teeth feel gross (fuzzy slippers) or my breath is kicking. Yes I am gross.

mojo ,

After my morning coffee to try and reduce coffee staining teeth

Also 100% recommend water flossers, they’re a game changer cuz I was really bad about flossing normally

jackpot ,
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twice or thrice a day?

shapesandstuff ,

I remember reading you shouldn’t do it immediately after breakfast due to acids etc increasing the risk of damaging you teeth with the fairly rough brush.
Something like 40 minutes after breakfast would be ideal. I tend to do it maybe 10-20 minutes after bc i have to get ready 🤷

Unforeseen ,

Or you could brush your teeth at work and get paid at the same time 😁

shapesandstuff ,

I like the way you think!

MystikIncarnate ,

Boss gets a dollar while I get a dime, that’s why I brush on company time.

MTK ,

Build up of bacteria at night means that if you eat in the morning before brushing there will be more bacteria to break down the food into acid which will break down your teeth.

Ideal is to brush first but also brush after each meal*

*as long as the acidity in your mouth is 5.5pH or less your teeth are being broken down by the acid (which means that brushing would be scrubing them with acid and making it worse) in which case you should wait until your spit (which is a buffer solution) returns your pH to normal. Since most foods are acidic the recommendation is to wait 30 mnutes after eating and then brush. Or you can eat suger free gum right after a meal, this will trick your brain to produce more spit which will return the normal pH faster.

My personal system is like so:

Wake up

Use dental jet floss (water floss)

Brush teeth

After any foods eaten chew gum for 10-30 minutes

Floss

Dental jet (if at home)

If I’m at home and have 30 minutes to wait between mouthwash and brushing then I use mouthwash, wait 30 min then brush, if not then just brushing and if I’m not at home then just mouthwash.

Repeat for as many things as I eat that day.

Before bed:

Floss

Dental jet

Mouthwash

Wait 30 min

Brush

VelvetStorm ,

Before bed and right before I go to work. I also floss my teeth at least twice a day(typically 10 min after eating and just before brushing) and use mouthwash at least twice a day(typically after brushing).

ChexMax ,

First thing after I wake up, very thoroughly with a soft toothbrush. I can’t start my day with gross mouth. Definitely never right after coffee (though I understand the impulse). I never seem to get around to it at night. My dentist seems satisfied. If I leave the house in the evening, I brush before I go out.

shapesandstuff ,

how can you sleep with “gross mouth”??
Just brush before going to sleep, like it’s a fixed part of the process… i’m in the bathroom right before bed anyway. Pee, brush teeth, shower/wash/comb, toss my clothes in the laundry basket…

ChexMax ,

Because my mouth isn’t gross at night. Eating and drinking throughout the day keeps it neutral. I drink a lot of water. In the morning it’s just been sitting still all night and is gross to me. I don’t do a bathroom routine right before bed. I’m usually in the living room and go straight to bed. Maybe pee if I need to, but I change into comfy clothes as soon as I get home from work, and I shower in the morning

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