Do You Really Need To Brush Your Teeth In The Morning?
If you look at how many people brush their teeth they’ll either have a tendency to brush their teeth first thing in the morning with absolute regularity or they’ll brush their teeth last thing at night with the same attention to detail but most people have a tendency to let either their night or morning brush slide. Basically you’re either a morning brusher or a night brusher but you’ll tend to skip one or the other…out of a bad habit or just as a result of plain old forgetfulness.
But you do need to brush your teeth twice per day for the maximum possible dental health benefits. Your night time brushing and flossing routine removes all the plaque, debris and bacteria from your mouth before you go asleep. Now assuming that you sleep for roughly 8 hours each night when you wake in the morning you’ve gone the equivalent of an entire working day without producing any significant saliva because you’ve been asleep. This in turn means that bacteria have had a lot of time to build up in your mouth overnight because your saliva hasn’t been present to wash it away.
So you’ll need to remove all of this bacteria with a proper and thorough morning brush, floss and mouthwash. The morning brushing of your teeth will remove all the bacteria in your mouth, help prevent the build up of tartar and harmful cavity-causing acids in your mouth, keep your gums healthy and also keep your whole body healthy too.
Wait…brushing your teeth can help your overall health? The answer to that is a resounding “Yes” because recent studies have shown that the bacteria created by gum disease can cause a multitude of other health problems like diabetes, osteoporosis and even cardiovascular disease. So preventing gum disease isn’t something you can really leave to chance.
And last but by no means last is the fact that brushing your teeth first thing in the morning will give you minty fresh breath for the rest of the day. And that way you’ll be starting off on a really positive note instead of stumbling out of bed, gargling some mouthwash and staggering out to your car half asleep. And if you’ve been out for a meal or a few drinks the night before then brushing your teeth, flossing and performing the entire morning dental hygiene routine is even more important…because you probably forgot to do it before you went to bed.
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