Feb 23, 2011

Improve Oral Hygiene / Fight bad breath (3/9) - Tongue cleaning

Many people don´t know about the most powerful, yet very simple method to reduce bad breath: tongue cleaning.

If you´re currently not doing it, just take a look at the back of your tongue. Maybe you can see some disgusting white, or even worse, green, bad odor causing bacteria film.

The intend of tongue cleaning is to notably decrease, but not to completely remove this remainder. Normally the tip of your tongue should be clean by itself, if hast some self cleaning thingy going on. But at the back of the tongue, bacteria is merrily flourishing.

To effectively clean your tongue, you can use either your brush, a spoon or a toungue cleaner. Since the brush or spoon could cause a gag reflex I advice you to use a tongue cleaner. Those are speacially designed to reduce the gag reflex and really cheap to buy.

Those are the steps I take:

1) Clean the tongue after brushing teeth but before using mouthwash because the toothpaste will loosen the bacteria on the tongue, and the mouthwash will rinse it away.

2) Take 3 to 4 scrapes from back to the front and rinse the cleaner after each scrape.

3) Don´t apply to much pressure since that would irritate the tongue.

4) Always rinse the tongue cleaner with hot water before and after use.

Did you already know about tongue cleaning and are you doing it regularly?



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44 comments:

  1. The Almighty LewisFebruary 23, 2011 at 9:21 AM

    Great advice. I've been more self conscious about my breath lately and have just started doing all this.

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  2. Paranormal ExplorerFebruary 23, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    I'll have to get a tongue cleaner. My brush always makes me gag.

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  3. Hombre720February 24, 2011 at 2:50 AM

    Sounds good to me.

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  4. SpikeFebruary 24, 2011 at 3:55 AM

    need to buy a "tongue" brush XD

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  5. tcrossoFebruary 24, 2011 at 4:13 AM

    Very interesting.
    I always use my brush on the back of my tongue, since a majority of the bad breath bacteria sit there.

    Thanks bro

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  6. Patti D.February 24, 2011 at 4:19 AM

    sorry, I can't do this, I get the feeling I'm about to throw up.

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  7. rfsFebruary 24, 2011 at 4:51 AM

    gonna try it, thanks for sharing

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  8. FilmAdviserFebruary 24, 2011 at 5:15 AM

    Tounge cleaning is what I always forget doing in a morning.

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  9. mtnFebruary 24, 2011 at 6:40 AM

    tried it once.. but made me gag, and i dont have any dental issues or bad breath. so i dont really need it

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  10. BFebruary 24, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    thanks for the tips!

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  11. T3CHFebruary 24, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    Mouthwash always works for me! :)

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  12. MeFebruary 24, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    This is so simple yet effective. And most toothbrushes these days come with tounge cleaner

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  13. nooneFebruary 24, 2011 at 2:51 PM

    actually i already knew this, but still this is a great and TRUE tip! Keep it up and thanks!

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  14. ScottDFebruary 24, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    my toothbrush has it on it.

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  15. ShockwaveFebruary 25, 2011 at 2:04 AM

    I clean my tongue right after brushing!

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  16. UnknownFebruary 25, 2011 at 2:05 AM

    good advice

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  17. JakeMFebruary 25, 2011 at 2:46 AM

    Thanks for the advice

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  18. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2011 at 3:34 AM

    thanks

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  19. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    good advice. Thanks

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  20. MacAttackFebruary 25, 2011 at 8:32 AM

    I find I get bad breath when I DON'T eat... mind blown =S

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  21. roxxorFebruary 25, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    I didn't know these, thanks :D

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  22. MarcFebruary 25, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    I tried, but I keep almost gagging

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  23. 'AuanaFebruary 25, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    brush my tongue every time i do my teeth ^_^

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  24. zabuzarFebruary 26, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    hahahaha, gtta show this to my friend whom i try to avoid

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  25. sfxworksFebruary 26, 2011 at 10:29 AM

    makes sense

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  26. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    Yea that does make a lot of sense. thanks for the post

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  27. JcacheFebruary 26, 2011 at 12:27 PM

    Damn, I wish everyone in the world could read and follow this...

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  28. JDeebsFebruary 26, 2011 at 8:03 PM

    I think I'll start cleaning my tongue from now on.

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  29. pennywiseFebruary 26, 2011 at 9:52 PM

    i always brush my tongue, but now ill do it better!

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  30. TattiFebruary 26, 2011 at 11:51 PM

    Heloooooo gag effect.

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  31. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2011 at 5:44 AM

    Yeah...tongue brush is a must

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  32. DwrekFebruary 27, 2011 at 3:24 PM

    I was thinking of stuff I could do, thanks to your site I now know what a tongue cleaner is.

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  33. SteveFebruary 28, 2011 at 4:14 AM

    Good advice! Thanks for the post :)

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  34. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    nice advice here

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  35. husarFebruary 28, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    good advice, nice post

    + followed:)

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  36. BentMarch 1, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    Informative post!

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  37. William EdmondsonMarch 1, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    I do this every time I brush. But the gag reflex is uncomfortable.

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  38. AnonymousMarch 4, 2011 at 1:41 AM

    My toothbrush has a rubber bumpy side on the opposite side of the brush for tongue cleaning

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  39. RawMarch 10, 2011 at 4:32 AM

    I brush my tongue with my toothbrush after I brush my teeth.
    It's probably not extremely effective, but it has to help some.

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  40. ~FabiMarch 10, 2011 at 5:20 AM

    Man, I noticed this when I got my tongue pierced. While it was healing, I couldn't move it much and couldn't brush it or anything.

    And this super nasty yellow shit spread all over and it tasted awful and reeked. I couldn't clean it off 'cuz my tongue hurt too much. That week was hell.

    I proceeded to scrape it all off obsessively after my tongue stopped hurting.

    Fun fact: piercings hurt and tend to be super gross during the initial heal.

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  41. Fix PC Games AdminMarch 10, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    my breath is pretty nice but cool tip +followed

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  42. PacoTacoMarch 12, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    ill look into this XD

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  43. JackMarch 12, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    my breath is so fresh nowadays, thanks :)

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  44. JayMarch 13, 2011 at 6:28 AM

    i found out about cleaning your tongue some years ago, super helpful info.

    following. :)

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