With the development of society, people are paying more and more attention to oral health. However, in the process of oral care, everyone often has a lot of doubts: Do you need to brush your teeth immediately after meals? Do you need to brush your tongue while brushing your teeth? How should I brush my tongue? Today we will discuss these issues in detail.
Need to clean the mouth after meals
There are often food residues in the mouth after meals. These residues may seem small, but they will cause great harm to the teeth in the long run. If food remains in the mouth for a long time, it will spoil under the action of bacteria and digestive enzymes in the mouth, resulting in bad smell. And over time, it can cause tooth decay. Therefore, it is necessary to properly clean the mouth after meals to ensure that no food remains in the mouth.
Inability to brush teeth immediately after meals
Some people prefer to be clean and choose to brush their teeth immediately after meals, but this is not right. Because a lot of acidic foods that people eat during meals will adhere to the teeth, soften the enamel on the surface of the teeth, and even react with the calcium and phosphorus molecules in the axial layer of the teeth to separate calcium and phosphorus, and the teeth will become soft. And crisp. If you brush your teeth at this time, it will damage the enamel and damage the health of the teeth. Over time, the enamel of the teeth gradually decreases, which can easily cause people to suffer from dentin hypersensitivity, and the teeth will appear sore and painful when eating.
Therefore, it is best to rinse your mouth with warm water or floss your teeth after meals to remove food debris from your mouth. You can also drink a small glass of milk so that the milk is in close contact with your teeth, which can help clean your mouth, neutralize the acidity of food, and speed up the recovery process of tooth calcium. If possible, brush your teeth 1 hour after meals.
Remember to brush your tongue when brushing your teeth
Most people focus on brushing their teeth when brushing, but the tongue also needs to be cleaned. There is a tongue coating on the surface of the tongue, and the taste buds on the tongue coating are uneven, which is a place to hide dirt and easily cause bacteria to accumulate. Various bacteria, dead skin cells, and food residues accumulated on the tongue coating, if not cleaned up in time, may destroy the balance of the flora in the oral cavity and lead to the occurrence of diseases. In addition, there are corresponding taste buds on our tongue coating, and the long-term accumulation of food residues, bacteria and dead skin cells will form a layer of biofilm, covering up the taste buds and making people’s sense of taste dull. If you clean the tongue coating when brushing your teeth, it will help to improve the sense of taste. In addition, brushing your tongue regularly can also help eliminate bad breath and refresh your breath.
The correct way to clean the tongue
To choose softer bristles, lightly brush the tongue coating, or use the bumpy massager on the back of the toothbrush. The tongue coating is in the inner position of the tongue surface, so in order to clean and avoid too much stimulation to the pharynx, the tongue should be spit out as much as possible, the longer the better. When brushing the tongue, brush from the base of the tongue to the tip of the tongue for more than 10 times. Pay attention to the strength, don’t be too hard, remember that the tongue coating is very fragile. In addition, when brushing the tongue coating, you do not need to use toothpaste, just use water. In addition, pay attention to brushing the tongue occasionally according to personal needs, usually twice a week, of course, it can be increased or decreased accordingly.
