Poll: Brush teeth before or after eating breakfast?

[Daystar Clarion]

I don't usually eat breakfast, so it's not really an issue for me.

Even if I did, I would brush them before. I can't stand waiting to brush my teeth in the morning, my mouth tastes like ass and I'd rather have the flavour of mint clash with my food than dried crap.

 

[Goofguy]

I'm not particularly fond of tasting minty cereal or minty scrambled eggs in the morning so I brush after.

 

[thylasos]

Brush after meals, thereby removing whatever parts of the meal have remained lodged in your teeth.


Also, this way, breakfast/whatever doesn't taste of toothpaste. Seems fairly common sense to me.

 

[evilengine]

I brush after, never did get the point of brushing before, doesn't make much sense =/ unless you don't actually eat breakfast, in which case in doesn't matter. I will say one thing, if you go out on a night time and get completely sloshed, I urge you to try brush your teeth before falling asleep. Waking up to a scuzzy mouth is almost as bad as the hangover.

 

[Bvenged]

meh I guess it depends on what you are eating but my dentist have always told me after...

unless you're British then I guess it's "neither of the above"

I'm surprised you didn't ask "Which breakfast?", American.

On Topic: Depends on what time I wake up, what I'm doing that day and how lazy I am. I brush my teeth every morning but if I'm up at 6:30am and out by 8am I'll brush after; if I'm up later and not out until much later or at all - I brush my teeth immediately then eat my breakfast any time later that morning.

 

[MuzzleFlash]

Clean teeth, shower, breakfast, perhaps floss (much more important than brushing) again if there's a particularly stuck piece of food, onwards. Never use mouthwash, 'tis a gimmick. Mother is a dental hygienist.

Don't understand the 'wipe ass, then defecate logic'. If your faeces left your sphincter in a state whereby wiping would wear it away I'd be hesitant.

EDIT: the bird dropping on the car is perhaps a more apt one, since the ammonia in that can damage the paint, and being too vigorous while removing it even more so.

 

[Yopaz]

I brush my teeth after I had breakfast however I do know someone who does it before breakfast.

I find it weird doing it before breakfast seeing how tooth paste are usually minty flavour. What I'm getting at is the minty taste stay behind for a for minute after brushing so doing it before breakfast means you still get the minty taste and feel when you're eating! (How does that work if you're drinking orange?)

Yes I know there are non minty flavour tooth paste but I still find it weird.

If you're drinking or eating anything containing citrus it tastes really awful. It almost ruined orange for me when I forgot I had brushed my teeth and had some.

OT: Always brush after. Brushing before serves no purpose. Also you should also be careful with brushing shortly after having something acidic such as juice since brushing actually spreads it. Good to take a few sips of water first to protolyze the acids.

 

[Lalo Lomeli]

Before. The reason is that the acidity in food and beverages causes tooth enamel to soften, and brushing right after eating an acidic meal strips enamel from the teeth, leaving them vulnerable to cavities. Leaving a little food behind actually doesn't cause as much damage as your toothbrush does as it scrubs the natural protective layer off the teeth. Or you can wait an hour after your meal.

 

[ElPatron]

You're supposed to brush your teeth before.

Like you're supposed to wait after you had dinner before brushing your teeth.


There is no point in brushing dirty food onto your teeth.

Before. The reason is that the acidity in food and beverages causes tooth enamel to soften, and brushing right after eating an acidic meal strips enamel from the teeth, leaving them vulnerable to cavities. Leaving a little food behind actually doesn't cause as much damage as your toothbrush does as it scrubs the natural protective layer off the teeth. Or you can wait an hour after your meal.

This. This so much.

Specially after drinking things like sodas or white wine. These are pretty acidic.

 

[OriginalLadders]

Always after, what's the point of brushing if you're just going to dirty your teeth again immediately afterwards?

 

[Yggdraz0r]

I used to brush my teeth when I woke up, but if you try and drink some sorts of milky substances it tastes just really really horrible. So I stopped doing that. 16 years ago .

 

[JoesshittyOs]

When I ate breakfast, it was always before.

I was the kind of person who can't wake up unless I take a shower, and I always brush me teeth in the shower.

 

[magicmonkeybars]

I never eat breakfast, problem solved.

 

[NastoK]

Isn't it the overnight plaque what you're trying to get rid of?

Indeed it is. You're supposed to get rid of any chunks of food that may have stayed the night in your mouth, as the food can rot overnight. Eating food before you wash your teeth might cause you to eat the rotten bits as well, which can cause sickness. Or so I've grown to believe. That said, I hardly ever have breakfest and don't wash my teeth in the morning (though I should do both D: )

 

[UlytimateDestruction]

To be honest I don't do either because I only brush my teeth at night-time. Yeah, I'm lazy like that. :|

 

[scorptatious]

I know it seems more logical to brush after you eat, but on days when I get up for school or work, I tend to brush my teeth and then hop into the shower as soon as I get up. So I brush my teeth before breakfast yes.

 

[Baradiel]

After breakfast, obviously.Eating makes your teeth dirty, so they need cleaning.

Also, brushing before just makes your mouth taste like mint. Everything tastes like mint after that...

 

[TitanAura]

Zuh, I brush WHILE eating. MULTITASKING.

 

[Blow_Pop]

I usually do both. Since I usually wake up brush my teeth and then take a few hours before eating breakfast.

Though I also really don't like morning breath......It runs really badly in my family so.....

 

[Amberella]

I usually brush my teeth before. I will sometimes use mouthwash after I eat, though. It depends on if we have the mouthwash that I like. :3 I like the orange one. lol.