For me it’s the other way around. After eating I want to clean my teeth.
Comment on What's the deal with breakfast in bed?
scripty@lemmy.ca 3 weeks agoI suppose you don’t HAVE to. But I find it unhygienic to eat before brushing my teeth as soon as I wake up. Might just be my personal issue. 🤷♂️
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TwistedTurtle@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The taste of toothpaste lingers for good a while and ruins the flavor of breakfast, especially orange juice.
The Way™ is Coffee/tea/juice to temporarily overwrite that morning breath feeling, then breakfast, then brushing teeth.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
The way™️ is to drink enough water and actually brush before bed. If you’re sufficiently hydrated, and you don’t have all that bacteria shitting up your mouth then your morning breath will be a lot less stanky.
AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Your way is to have to pee all night.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I’m not saying drink a gallon right before bed. Drink plenty of water throughout the day, then slowly less and less until it’s about bed time. Then take a fat piss before you go to bed.
Bo7a@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
Dude. I'm getting near to 50 years old. Thinking about water after 7pm is a recipe for 10x bathroom trips in the night.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Might be sleep apnea, or something similar, that is slowing your body producing urine while sleeping. Talk to a doc. Getting apnea treated solves this for many.
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Vibes based hygiene
brossman@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
that’s like wiping before you shit
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I was told by a dentist to brush my teeth before eating. So at least one dentist would disagree with that I guess?
scytale@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
I’ve read that it helps protect your teeth from all the acidic food you’re gonna eat for breakfast, not necessarily for “hygiene” purposes.
Veedem@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
When you brush your teeth and don’t use mouthwash right after, the tooth paste forms a protective barrier to help prevent erosion and acid damage.
AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
That's the 1 in 5 dentists who don't recommend a fluoride toothpaste.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Dentist: “Use toothpicks, shove em under your gums! Use the blood as your toothpaste! You can even do it to other stuff, too, like digging out a bladder stone!”
Me, in the chair in the office: 😐😶😯🫨
RBWells@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The heck? I thought both eating and brushing sort of soften your teeth temporarily, so better not to eat right after brushing OR brush immediately after eating.
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
What, you don’t do it both before and after?
It’s just like showers, you take one as you get out of bed, and another one right before going to bed.
Some people are just dirty, sheeesh…
Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Almost no one showers more than once per day.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
when i lived in a hot, humid environment i showered twice a day. once when i woke up, because i used to have hair and that’s how it worked best, and once when i got in for the evening and could stay in air conditioning the rest of the night.
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I added the sarcasm to my previous comment…
magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
One reason we brush our teeth is to apply a protective coating. Brushing your teeth immediately after eating can damage your teeth.
A more appropriate analogy is asking whether you’re jumping in a pool of mud before waxing your shoes.
WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Wait… That’s not normal? I wipe my whole body down before hand.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Teeth and ass aren’t the same thing and that’s not an equivalent comparison considering multiple people have pointed out that brushing before gives a protective coating or at least is less damaging since there aren’t food acids present, softening the enamel. A quick google search confirms this.