Do I need to brush my tongue when brushing my teeth?

When brushing your teeth, if you can brush your tongue coating at the same time, it is actually very beneficial to your oral health, because there will be certain bacteria and impurities remaining on the tongue coating. If it is not cleaned for a long time, bad breath is likely to occur. Brushing your tongue can prevent bad breath. However, there are still many things to pay attention to when brushing the tongue coating. Here we will introduce to you the benefits and precautions of brushing the tongue.

1. Brushing the tongue can prevent bad breath symptoms

Open your mouth and stick out your tongue, you will see some white, thin substances attached to the tongue coating, just like the "dandruff" of the tongue. There are a lot of bacterial substances hidden in it. If they are not cleaned in time, these bacteria can easily multiply and decompose to form a sulfide with a certain odor, which is also an important reason for excessive bad breath.

Regular cleaning of the tongue coating can effectively remove bacterial attachments on the tongue coating and reduce the sulfide content by about 75%, thereby effectively avoiding the formation of bad breath.

2. Brushing the tongue can maintain oral health

If the tongue coating is too heavy, the pathogenic bacteria contained in it will become an important cause of oral or periodontal disease. It will also affect the self-cleaning function of the tongue and cannot perform its function normally, thus disrupting oral health and hygiene.

Among them, relevant studies have shown that for people with heavy tongue coating, the concentration of acetaldehyde in their exhaled gas is relatively high. Acetaldehyde is a component that can easily cause cancer and disease. Therefore, brushing the tongue coating frequently can effectively reduce the concentration of acetaldehyde, which is of great benefit for preventing the occurrence of oral diseases.

3. Notes on brushing your tongue

1. Choose the right tools

The tongue is a very soft part, so when brushing your tongue, you must choose a soft toothbrush to clean the tongue coating to avoid causing adverse damage to the taste buds on the tongue coating.

2. Focus on strength

When brushing your tongue, you should not be as rough as when brushing your teeth, because the tongue is very soft. If you use too much force, it can easily cause serious damage to the tongue tissue, so you must do it without causing pain.