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.

  • shapesandstuff@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    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 🤷

    • Ubettawerk@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I’ve always heard that but also been told to wait for some time after eating before brushing to not hurt your enamel? Not sure how true that is

      • Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de
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        11 months ago

        For breakfast if you drink milk and eat nothing acidic (like fruits) that would weaken the enamel, brushing after the meal is the best.

        Also brushing your teeth does slightly damage your teeth, which salvia will repair. I don’t want sugar in my slightly damaged teeth, nor do I want sugar on them for the rest of the day, until I brush in the evening. I like to extend the duration of brushed teeth to the maximum. Meaning over night clean and after breakfast, til often evening when I eat once more. With midday being all clean without extra brushing.

  • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I usually do after breakfast and/or before I leave the house (if later in the day). I’ve read advice though to brush first thing in the morning BEFORE breakfast because it will protect your teeth from acids in your food, coffee, etc. I’d love to know if that’s the best way.

    • Tuss@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      But then you walk around with breakfast breath all day?

      After breakfast and/if going out and then before bed.

        • Tuss@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          I don’t know. But it seems very wasteful to brush teeth and then eat because then you have a lot of food particles and bacteria still.

          Better to eat breakfast and then brush because then you have a fresh breath and no unnecessary gunk and bacteria in your mouth the whole day.

          • amelia@feddit.deDeutsch
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            11 months ago

            As someone else said: food softens the enamel and makes your teeth more vulnerable so brushing right after breakfast may cause way more damage. I always brush my teeth before breakfast and almost never have any problems with my teeth. I know that my friends who frequently need treatment for their teeth brush them after breakfast.

            But that’s of course anecdotal evidence that doesn’t say much, and I’m no dentist, so I may be wrong.

  • MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    I brush after breakfast in the morning, and before bed. I know you’re supposed to do it before breakfast, but I can’t enjoy food with the disgusting taste of toothpaste in my mouth.

    • Jesus_666@feddit.de
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      11 months ago

      That’s why I brush my teeth first, then shower, then have breakfast. The time I need to shower and prepare breakfast is enough for my mouth to return to normal.

  • ChexMax@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    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@feddit.de
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      11 months ago

      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…

  • Rocky60@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    I brush in the morning, and rinse or floss after I eat anything. I brush when I get home from work, after supper, and before I go to bed.

    I used to just brush in the morning and at night, and have a partial to show for it