The way I’m used to it is: 1. Wake up 2. Breakfast 3. Brush teeth.
Having it as 1, 3, 2 doesn’t make sense for me.
For me it’s because my mouth tastes terrible and I want that gone asap
Yeah morning breath is fucking rank.
I want that gone before I go to work. I have breakfast at work at like 9am after starting at 7am. I aint waiting 2.5 hours to brush them bad boys.
Because that is better for your teeth. Talk to your dentist about it. https://www.healthline.com/health/should-you-brush-your-teeth-before-or-after-breakfast
I talked to my dentist about this, actually.
His conclusion was: preferably brush after breakfast, yes it’s ideal to wait For 30-60 mins but that rarely happens so just do it when you can after it’s not that big a deal
I’m summarizing, of course. But that was the gist of it
My dentist says that if that 30 min isn’t there, it’s better to do it before. Probably it comes down to any tooth brushing is better than none
I find minty toothpaste makes it a lot more difficult to eat afterwards. My grandad used to work in Egypt and he’d bring the orange toothpaste home and it was much easier to wake up, brush then eat using that stuff.
If you smell your breath first thing in the morning it stinks. This is a sign of bacterial overgrowth. During the day, the biggest barrier to this is natural saliva production and agitation through movement of the mouth. These things are drastically reduced while you sleep and thus leads to a build up of bacteria. This is why it is advised that you brush your teeth after waking.
Technically, it is also advised that you brush your teeth after each meal but that is not practical for most.
Healthier on the enamel, tho I don’t do it (and most of the reason you brush is to get off the built up stuff from overnight, not clean off breakfast)
But what about the rests of food from the breakfast???
You save it in the secret food stash for energy boost
Wait 30 mins and brush then
Not a dentist, but the reason dentists gave me for doing it in that order is that bacteria and plaque build up a lot while you sleep, since your teeth are just kind of sitting there doing nothing. So I guess waiting until after breakfast is just an unnecessary delay.
Build up of bacteria at noght means that if you eat in the morning before brushing there will be more bacteria to break down the food into acid which will break down your teeth.
Ideal is to brush first but also brush after each meal*
*as long as the acidity in your mouth is 5.5pH or less your teeth are being broken down by the acid (which means that brushing would be scrubing them with acid and making it worse) in which case you should wait until your spit (which is a buffer solution) returns your pH to normal. Since most foods are acidic the recommendation is to wait 30i mnutes after eating and then brush. Or you can eat suger free gum right after a meal, this will trick your brain to produce more spit which will return the normal pH faster.
My personal system is like so:
Wake up
Use dental jet floss (water floss)
Brush teeth
After any foods eaten chew gum for 10-30 minutes
Floss
Dental jet (if at home)
If I’m at home and have 30 minutes to wait between mouthwash and brushing then I use mouthwash, wait 30 min then brush, if not then just brushing and if I’m not at home then just mouthwash.
Repeat for as many things as I eat that day.
Before bed:
Floss
Dental jet
Mouthwash
Wait 30 min
Brush
Cuz my mouth and throat feel disgusting in the morning. Eating or drinking right after brushing doesn’t bother me either.
Also, I get toothpaste stains on my good clothes if I brush after breakfast
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I do the same.
Because it’s gross and if I eat all that nasty shit gets rubbed off onto my food. I also don’t eat breakfast right away so there’s time for the toothpaste taste to wear off before I eat.
I wear a night guard for tooth grinding and I take a sublingual sleeping pill every night, so my mouth feels kind of mulchy after I get up. Also I get first shower and I best hustle through getting ready or my husband will be in there shitting for thirty minutes and I’ll be late for work.
Having to wear a removable retainer at night means I wake up with congealed spit stuck to my gums and teeth. The visceral ick of swallowing that is indescribable, so I will brush my teeth first thing, then eat breakfast.
You should wait about 30min after eating something acidic: https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/brushing-immediately-after-meals-you-may-want-wait . Some people don’t have time to wait. Myself I don’t eat breakfast at home, I brush my teeth, go to work and eat when I arrive.
I’ve read that brushing your teeth actually helps protect your teeth from food and sugars you consume throughout the day. So eating beforehand bypasses that protection (unless you ask brush at night, which I imagine would be good enohgh).
Coffee, weed, take a dump, breakfast, brush my teeth take my vitamins etc, rub one out, shower.
