Brushing your teeth is something everyone does every day. Do you think it's quite ordinary? How to brush your teeth correctly? This article tells you the small details to pay attention to when brushing your teeth.
In daily life, most people only brush their teeth when they brush their teeth, and they feel a little nauseous when they brush their tongue, so they won't continue to brush their tongue. Is it strange to brush your tongue when you brush your teeth? Should you brush your tongue when you brush your teeth?
Should we brush our tongue when brushing our teeth?
Brushing your tongue is necessary when you brush your teeth. There are as many as 700 types of bacteria in our mouths, and the taste buds on the tongue coating are uneven, which is also a place where dirt and debris can accumulate, easily leading to bacterial buildup and oral diseases. Therefore, cleaning the tongue coating is also an important step in purifying the mouth. The friction surface attached to the back of the toothbrush is used to brush your tongue.
Why should we brush our tongue?
There are numerous bacteria living on the tongue, some of which are pathogenic bacteria that cause diseases such as tooth decay and periodontitis. Numerous studies have also shown that a considerable number of bacteria in the tongue coating can decompose proteins and produce odoriferous sulfur compounds, which cause extremely embarrassing halitosis in social situations. Brushing the tongue lightly while brushing teeth, that is, using mechanical force to remove some of the tongue coating, especially the various bacteria mixed in it, can effectively reduce halitosis and prevent oral diseases.
What are the benefits of brushing your tongue?
1. Alleviate bad breath. The base of the tongue and the area under the tongue are favorite hiding places for bacteria. Food residue that remains on the tongue coating for a long time is prone to decay and deterioration, leading to bad breath. Regularly brushing the tongue coating can help freshen breath. Studies show that brushing the tongue can reduce about 75% of sulfur gases that cause bad breath.
2. Prevent oral diseases. The surface of the tongue coating, especially the thicker ones, often contains many substances harmful to health, such as pathogenic bacteria, histamine, mold, and viruses. These are one of the important causes of oral odor and halitosis, and also the direct cause of oral or periodontal inflammation. Therefore, brushing the tongue correctly can prevent various oral diseases.
3. Improve taste sensation. As a lot of tongue coating accumulates on the tongue, it can affect one's taste sensation. Brushing the tongue repeatedly with a soft-bristled toothbrush helps to remove the tongue coating, thereby enhancing the sharpness of taste sensation. However, be careful not to brush too hard, as this may damage the taste buds.
How to clean the tongue daily?
1. Sticking out your tongue. Sticking out your tongue is not for being cute, but because our tongue coating often exists at the back of the tongue. Especially near the throat, the tongue coating is more densely distributed and in greater quantity. Therefore, there are a lot of food residue and bacteria inside. The longer you stick out your tongue, the better the effect of brushing your tongue.
2. Control of Vomiting Sometimes, when we go to the hospital to have our throat examined, the doctor will place a tongue depressor at the back of our tongue, which may induce a strong feeling of vomiting. This is a very normal reaction. If we want to achieve the best effect when brushing our tongue, we must start from the back of the tongue, which will also induce a very obvious vomiting reaction. Therefore, when brushing our tongue, we should not be too nervous, relax ourselves, and reduce the urge to vomit.
When brushing your tongue, be sure to move slowly. Gently slide the toothbrush towards the front of your tongue while maintaining a certain amount of pressure. Only in this way can you achieve the best results.
4. Rinse the toothbrush thoroughly under running water after brushing your tongue. Make sure to rinse it multiple times. Otherwise, a large amount of bacteria may accumulate on the toothbrush, which is harmful to your body.
Finally, it is important to use a soft and flexible toothbrush to brush your tongue. Brush from the base of the tongue to the tip for more than 10 times. The strength of the movement should not be too strong to avoid damaging the tongue tissue. In addition, the inner walls of the mouth also need regular and proper cleaning.