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Brush teeth before or after breakfast?

Brush teeth before or after breakfast?

  • Before

    Votes: 434 31.7%

  • After

    Votes: 837 61.1%

  • Before AND After

    Votes: 65 4.7%

  • Neither

    Votes: 35 2.6%
  • Total voters
    1,371
jotun?

jotun?

Member
Oct 28, 2017
4,491
I've recently learned that some people do it the wrong way. It seems weird, crazy, and nonsensical. Which way do you do it?

AFTER (or both)

Why would anyone brush BEFORE eating? It messes with your taste buds to make your meal taste awful, and in the end you have dirty teeth again
 
TheBaldwin

TheBaldwin

Member
Feb 25, 2018
8,282
I used to brush after, but apparently you are suppose to brush before and then wait a little bit before eating so now ive changed to that
 
Starlatine

Starlatine

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Oct 28, 2017
30,375
is this a thread for those weird gross flash "girl" games with horrible mouths/teeth
 
TheXbox

TheXbox

Prophet of Truth
Member
Oct 29, 2017
6,551
You're supposed to brush after you wake up. The bacteria in your mouth that grows overnight is probably worse than whatever you had for breakfast.
 
Dreavus

Dreavus

One Winged Slayer
The Fallen
Jan 12, 2018
1,728
I thought it wasn't about the food, it's about the plaque. I think before has the edge but as long as you do it at all you're good. I am not a dentist.
 
Rosebud

Rosebud

Two Pieces
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Apr 16, 2018
43,511
This question always turns into a heated discussion that ends with name calling, so I refuse to answer
 
zombiejames

zombiejames

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Oct 25, 2017
11,921
What the point of brushing before if you're just going to eat right after, go to work with food breath, and have food stuffs hanging around your mouth for hours? That sounds like a recipe for cavities to me.
 
Borman

Borman

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Oct 26, 2017
843
I give a quick brush after I wake up, usually no or little toothpaste just to quickly clean things, then a proper brush shortly after eating.
 
kodax_shc

kodax_shc

Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,436
Southern California
I clean my mouth out after I wake up but I don't brush with toothpaste. After breakfast then I brush with paste.

I don't have time in the morning to sit around waiting for my mouth to not taste like toothpaste so I can eat.
 
Tathanen

Tathanen

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Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,033
Before, it has nothing to do with getting breakfast out of my mouth and everything to do with getting morning breath out of my mouth. I do not want to closely interface with anybody before that brush.

It's true that my mouth tastes like toothpaste a little when I eat, but I decided I don't fuckin care, it's an extremely temporary problem.
 

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Oct 26, 2017
2,522
I used to brush before until I realized it was stupid. I just rinse my mouth with water in the morning and then brush after breakfast now.
 
Rhowm

Rhowm

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Nov 27, 2017
1,666
After, to get the junk off my teeth before I head out (coffee especially) SImilarly I brush my teeth after dinner, to get all of the junk off before I go to bed at night.
 
Reym

Reym

Member
Jul 15, 2019
2,655
I get cavities SUPER easy, so I brush obsessively. It's both.Right away when I wake up, and then again after breakfast.
...and also after I eat or drink anything and then again right before bed.
...I go through a lot of toothpaste...but the dentist says my teeth are super clean!
 
BennyWhatever

BennyWhatever

Member
Oct 27, 2017
4,781
US
The primary goal of brushing your teeth is to protect them. Dentists recommend brushing before breakfast, right after you wake up.
 
Zalman

Zalman

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Oct 25, 2017
5,896
Weekdays - Before because it's part of my bathroom routine
Weekends - I get lazy and do it after
 
lucebuce

lucebuce

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Oct 25, 2017
22,891
Pakistan
Brush my teeth then exercise then have breakfast.
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Who the fuck brushes their teeth in the morning? Never seen anyone do that.
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bionic77

bionic77

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Oct 25, 2017
30,888
Working at home I do both.

But normally thats not an option. I brush, shave, take a quick shower and run outside with some coffee in my hand.

So before for me.

It probably does make more sense to brush after breakfast but that doesn't work for me because normally I drink my breakfast in the car.
 
J_ToSaveTheDay

J_ToSaveTheDay

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
18,789
USA
I only started eating breakfast regularly after pandemic began, and I brush my teeth after.

I'd still brush my teeth in the morning when I didn't eat breakfast. Always sometime after I wake up and before I go to sleep. Twice a day. Only more if I have a particular smelly meal.
 
Tab

Tab

Member
Nov 23, 2017
1,275
I brush and wait 30 minutes before I eat. I have no idea why you would want to eat before you've brushed, sounds like it'd be gross.
 

Deleted member 26591

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Oct 30, 2017
3,295
Quick brush when I get up to feel a bit fresher, then after breakfast to clean up, then after every meal thereafter (about an hour after eating).

I guess my circumstances are slightly different though as the gap between first quick brush and breakfast can be 2 hours (2 kids, getting them sorted, breakfasted, dressed, ready for school - and at the moment setting up their home school stuff). So no "taste bleed" from paste to breakfast

Re: enamel damage, just don't brush hard, use a softer toothbrush, and avoid abrasive toothpaste.
 
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Killzig

Killzig

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Oct 25, 2017
1,040
I think before and after is bad for your enamel. I usually do a quick swish with mouthwash first thing to kill the morning breath then brush/floss when I'm done with my coffee.
 
n00bp

n00bp

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Oct 28, 2017
451
I voted Before, because I don't eat breakfast in the traditional sense. Unless you count coffee and smokes as breakfast :p
 
Dekuman

Dekuman

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Oct 27, 2017
19,026
I brush when I wake up to get the overnight taste off and there was a false (iitc) correlation between bacteria in your mouth and heart disease in the early 2000s so my dentist used to recommend rinsing off the morning breath to prevent ingesting the bacteria that grew overnight. So it's been a habit ever since to brush when I wake up
 

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Before. I wake up, go to the bathroom, brush my teeth. I recently tried to get better about eating breakfast, as I usually skip it, but still always before
 

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What if you do intermittent fasting, is your lunch now breakfast+?
And so, you technically do brush before your 'breakfast'... 🤔
 
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