“The tongue is like a carpet — it collects a lot of junk and should be cleaned every day'
Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images It may be Teeth Week, but we’d be remiss not to talk about tongues. Sure, we all know that you should brush your teeth twice a day . But what should you do about your tongue, and how often? The official word from the American Dental Association is that there is no evidence that cleaning your tongue will keep away bad breath or fix halitosis, but it does say doing so can be “a great way to go the extra mile for your mouth.
Plotnick also recommends Dr. Tung’s scraper, but says that “any stainless-steel scraper will do.” She notes that plastic scrapers are less durable and harder to sterilize. To get the most out of your tongue scraping, Plotnick encourages patients to use the tool first thing in the morning, and says for the best results you should stick your tongue out all the way and scrape from the very back to the tip, never in reverse.
$6 at The Grommet Buy Best tongue brush Orabrush Tongue Cleaner “For patients with deep grooves in the tongue we refer to as fissures, I recommend tongue brushes as they can dislodge food particles and bacteria trapped between taste buds and fissures alike,” says Smith. He notes that if food gets trapped in those fissures, bacteria can grow and then break down to release noxious gases, a.k.a. bad breath.
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