Is it harmful to brush your tongue?
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These people are wrong.You should Never or VERY rarely brush your tongue. It wears away the tastebuds on your tongue making foods taste bland. If you do it frequently you will feel the need to always add something to your food that has an enormous amount of flavor that you would never eat it by itself. i.e ketchup, ranch dressing, salt
While although it may make your breath stay a bit fresher for an hour or two your hurting your tongues tastebuds
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always brush the tongue as well as the teeth
Yes you should brush your tongue as it helps get rid of bad breath. You should always brush your tongue. That's where the funky breath smell comes from.
i doubt it's harmful. my dentist tells me to do it all the time.
no
ASK YOUR MAM. No, and it's a good idea. Be sure it's not with steel wool though..It will bleed A LOT if you do.
Yes, lately they (dentists and mouth hygienists) keep telling us to brush the tongue too. Apparently there are a lot of bacteria on the tongue that can make your odor smelly. There are special tongue brushes for sale.
Personally I think its just another way to make money..
yea its actually healthy It is important that you brush the tongue, too. Harmful bacterias can also live there. :)
it's good to brush your tongue as it will kill most of your mouth's germ and get rid of any bad breath in your mouth..
you mean, you don't brush your tongue?
No it is not harmful to brush your tongue, particularly with the colgate 360 toothbrush that has got a tongue cleaner that gets rids of 98% more bacteria than the normal toothbrush
you should brush your tongue. why would you think its harmful?? but be very gentle. most of the new toothbrushes have a tongue brush built in.
Of course you should brush your tongue. The tongue is where all the bacteria is. Did you ever wonder why some people have such BAD breath, they forgot to brush there tongue. All the bacteria and plaque is trapped there. It would even be good to brush inside your cheeks and under your gum line. I hate having to talk to people with bad breath.
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Life No, it's not harmful. It is better to brush your teeth and also your tongue to remove bacteria.
no its not you should always brush your tongue. It is a part of your mouth and you should want it clean just like your teeth.
Yes, always brush your tongue and the roof of your mouth. This decreases breath odor and assists in fighting sources of multiple bacteria that reside in your mouth. You should also change your toothbrush at least every 3 months, and try to brush or rinse after every meal.
Get a tongue scraper instead. It works better than brushing. No most definately not! It's great to brush your tounge! You need to remove the bacteria that are bad as well as the ones that cause bad breath, way in the back. So stick it out and brush, brush, brush!
brush your tongue, it gets rid of bad breathe, bacteria
You should brush your tongue. That's where most of the bacteria is.
No Always Brush Your Tongue Even Your Denist will tell U that yeah.it would help to get rid of bad breath.
NO. Actually, it prevents bad breath when you brush your tongue.
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