when do you brush your teeth???

@lingzi (567)
China
April 6, 2009 6:34am CST
maybe most of people brush their teeth on the morning and evening,after geting up and before going to bed.i am one of them.but some research show that the best time for brushing is ten minutes after eating.brushing teeth at that time can protect our teeth at biggest extent.i find it's not convenience for me to brush my teeth at the best time. how about you??do you brush your teeth in the 10 minutes after your eating ???
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22 responses
@muru1950 (963)
• India
7 Apr 09
Hi lingzi I regularly brush my teeth immediately after getting up from the bed. Also I brush my teeth in the night before going to bed..But if I am tired I will skip this. At times when some food particles get struck during food,then after the food also I will brush. But it is important to brush your teeth when ever you eat some sticky sweets. Happy mylotting
@lingzi (567)
• China
7 Apr 09
thanks a lot. we all should take our health seriously.also including the teeth.
@soumodeep (944)
• India
7 Apr 09
I always brush my teeth as soon as I wake up. That's the first thing I do. Then I brush my teeth before I go to sleep and make sure I don't eat anything after that.
@lingzi (567)
• China
7 Apr 09
hehehe, i do that same as you.
• Israel
8 Apr 09
I brush my teeth every time I wake up, and before i'm going to bed. I also brush my teeth sometime after a meal or eating something that is not good to my teeth. I always brush my teeth before going out because I don't want to have bad breath.
@gxyywhyzy (450)
• China
8 Apr 09
the same to you,in the early morning just before breakfast and after my supper.also i don't think it is enough for tooth health.in my opinion,we should brush our teeth three time a day,just after every meal.of course,if we eat something between two meals,we just need drink some water and it can help clean our teeth.
• China
7 Apr 09
It is hard to brush teeth 10 minutes after eating for many people specially those eat out. When you are work place is far from your home and you have to eat near your office,you must not brush your teeth outside! I usually brush teeth after getting up on the morning one time a day.I am a little lazy!
• Indonesia
7 Apr 09
i usually brush teeth after i sleep in the night. Some times, i brush on the afternoon. so.. i am little lazy too (may be,,, hi2)
@xtine22 (200)
• Philippines
12 Apr 09
Close enough to 10 minutes after eating so that what I eat won't be stuck long on my teeth. Brushing my teeth every morning and before sleeping is a must for me.
@Zhanec (1651)
• Malaysia
7 Apr 09
do you brush your teeth in the 10 minutes after your eating???Definetely no.I'm not that hardworking.Or should i say COD?haha.That is way to clean for our teeth.It might have opposite effects on our enamel as excessive brushing may hurt our gums.I brush teeth in the morning and night.Sometimes in between meal,if it is a heavy meal that i have to get rid of the odor.SOmetimes i brush when i don't have tooth pick or mouth cleanser with me.You know,to get rid of smelly garlic or left over vege.haha.sorry if that gross you out.I find brushing teeth before bed time is good for my body.I tend to sleep better if i have a clean teeth.
@kaka135 (14918)
• Malaysia
7 Apr 09
I brush my teeth twice a day only, that's after I get up and before I go to bed, as most people do. I have also read that it's good to brush our teeth after eating, but I have also read that it's not good to brush our teeth too many times a day, twice a day is the best. So, I do not brush my teeth after eating, I just gargle my mouth every time after I eat.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
7 Apr 09
Yes that is the usual thing most of us do. Once in the morning after you get up from bed and then at at night before you go the bed. And what you put here is a news for me. But is not it inconvenient to brush teeth after ten minutes after anything you eat?
@gxyywhyzy (450)
• China
7 Apr 09
may be more times will be good.but for me i brush two times,morning and evening.I rinse my mouth with warm water after lunch.
@reds08 (305)
• Indonesia
7 Apr 09
Just like most people, since child i always brush my teeth twice a day. In the morning when i wake up, and in the night before going to sleep. When i have to brush my teeth ten minutes after eating, i will feel incovenient because it is hard to change the habit that we always do everyday.
@buggles64 (2709)
• United States
7 Apr 09
Whenever my mouth feels and tastes "yucky!" I brush my teeth in the morning, and then if I eat something else, I like to brush my teeth before I go to the store. If I can't brush my teeth, then I like to carry some nice minty gum with me. I take my tooth brush to school with me, so I can brush my teeth at noon...I hate a nasty tasting mouth, especially when it's my own.
@pawan80 (36)
• India
7 Apr 09
I don't thing people manage this kind of timing because this thing is not in habit and followed by anybody.
@skyla26 (284)
• Philippines
7 Apr 09
To have a better teeth i brush my teeth three times a day
@vicki2876 (5636)
• Canada
6 Apr 09
I had some trouble so I started to get very serious about cleaning them. I floss brush and gargle every morning. At night I brush before bed. I even have a plaque scraper to get a deeper cleaning when I feel it is getting a bit fuzzy. My children also do this every day without me needing to telling them anything now as a routine.
@chimrani (1426)
• India
7 Apr 09
Morning i wake up and brush teeth and at night after dinner i brush teeth.I don't care more about teeth but i do regular brush.
@rymebristol (1808)
• Philippines
6 Apr 09
i brush my teeth after i wake up in the morning, another after my lunch meal, and last is before i go to sleep..that's three times as what would Dentist suggest haha
• Philippines
7 Apr 09
thanks for this information. i will keep that in mind. next time, i will brush my teeth 10 minutes after eating. i hope i can really practice that..heehe...because after eating..i tend to munch junk foods and fruits...
@cupcyke (363)
• Philippines
6 Apr 09
I brush my teeth right after i wake up in the morning, after eating the three meals, and before going to sleep. i dont know if that's working, brushing teeth 10 minutes after eating? if thats long may be your breath will become bad. because you haven't brush your teeth yet bacteria can spread all over your mouth and it may be can cause tooth decay.
@kawalnarang (1095)
• Trinidad And Tobago
6 Apr 09
most people, including me, brush teeth ,in the morning and evening,, I believe after a meal is a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry good idea,,