DO U NEED TO CLEAN YOUR TONGUE??

 What is the entire point of brushing your teeth?

To remove the plaque and bacteria that causes gum disease and tooth decay, right? Keeping this in mind, brushing your tongue is critical in removing all of the bacteria and germs from your mouth. 

If you do not brush your tongue, you are skipping a large area where many bacteria gather in colonies, and eventually cause trouble in your mouth. For your tongue, the bacteria can grow and multiply on the surface of your tongue because there are lots of crevices and cracks for them to hide in.

In addition to causing oral health problems, if you do not brush your tongue, you may start suffering from halitosis (bad breath)



How to clean your tongue?

Tongue cleaning can be done simultaneously while brushing.The technique include;

Back and Forth

Take your toothbrush (after wetting it to soften the bristles) and brush the center of your tongue back and forth for a few strokes gently.You can also use your back side of the toothbrush to clean your tongue. This will remove some germs and make sure to wash your tooth brush inorder to prevent the further spread of germs around your mouth.

Side to Side

Now brush your tongue from side to side, taking care to brush the edges of your tongue as well. Again, rinse your toothbrush so you don’t leave a lot of germs on its bristles for later.Finally rinse your mouth completely.

      
     

How to clean your tongue using a tongue scraper:
  1. Select a tongue scraping instrument. This may be plastic or metal. It may be bent in half making a V shape or have a handle with a rounded edge at the top. 
  2. Stick out your tongue as far as you can and place your tongue scraper over the back of your tong
  3. Press the scraper on your tongue and move it toward the front of your tongue while applying pressure.
  4. Wash the tongue scraper under running water and repeat the steps for a few times. As needed, adjust your tongue scraper placement and the pressure you apply to it to prevent a gag reflex.
     5. You can scrape your tongue once or twice a day. If you gag during the process, you               can scrape your tongue before eating breakfast to avoid vomiting.


          


We at Dr.Vivek's MSRams dentistry have provided effective treatment to many patients and the outcome of the procedure was successful. To know more about us click here.





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