Tongue Scraping + Its Impact on Oral Health

Have you ever considered the hidden power of your tongue in maintaining oral health? Are you familiar with the practice of tongue scraping? Join me, Dr B, as we unearth the secrets behind this little-known oral hygiene practice. I explain why a tongue scraper is the best tool for the job. We'll take a look at the different types of tongue scrapers available out there and the ideal way to utilize them for maximum results.

Key Points From This Episode:

0:00:05 - Why Tongue Scraping is Crucial
0:09:43 - When to Scrape Your Tongue
0:20:43 - Comparison of Serrated Tongue Scraper Surfaces
0:29:09 - The Importance of Tongue Scraping
0:34:11 - Slate Flosser & Fluoride Lawsuit Update
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[JedTL]

Thank you, I appreciate all the details. Very glad the suit against the EPA. The 3 letter agencies have NOT fulfilled their obligations as “watchdogs” for the public health and benefit, but have been taken captive by private corporations and interest.

[lynkinealy]

No Need to mouth tape any longer than two weeks. Your brain will train the mouth to stay shut. It has Completely changed my life. I am so much calmer now. It's Incredible

[Mary.Mercedes]

LOVE this channel. When you floss, brush, water-pik and tongue scrape there is ZERO bad breath or morning breath. Daily tongue scraping and nose flushing/cleaning (in the shower) are mandatory for good hygiene. If you use a natural toothpaste loaded with Xylitol, you will even see tartar start to disappear within weeks. (Keep it away from dogs. Xylitol is extremely toxic to dogs and will cause liver shut-down.) First, eliminate all the damn fluoride products. BRAVO on the fluoride lawsuit. I admire you greatly for that. Dr. Mercola has been warning about fluoride for decades.

[francineclave]

THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING ABOUT A DRY MOUTH AND A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP! You have no idea how many “professionals” I have asked about that! I can relax now. I do tape now thanks to you and tongue scrape too 🙌

[LoveIsEverything]

I've been tongue scraping for years. My favorite is Dr. Tung's COPPER tongue scraper. Copper is naturally anti-bacterial and it stays cleaner more easily. I do it every morning. Right after getting up, I brush my teeth and scrape my tongue. One other benefit -- if tongue scraping makes you gag, you are stimulating your vagus nerve, which is good for us too.

[safsult]

We are brushing our tongue with our toothbrush, from childhood on . All the people in South America are brushing their tongue, its a must !!

[theoddfather]

Been using a tongue scraper for at least 25 years and it has been instrumental in preventing a severe Periodontitis from getting worse, along with other things such as brushing my teeth with soap.

[royolstad]

We got the tongue scrapers you recommended, and scraped as you described. No problem. It's quite easy, in fact.

[MichelleCreate]

That was so informative. Thanks so much! 😊 My family’s dentist gave us the plastic tongue scrapers in our take home bags but he didn’t talk to us about the benefits or how to do it. So thanks for educating us on how beneficial it is to tongue scrape and how to do it. 😊

[timmccoy]

Thank you very much. I haven’t any painful RA flare ups since scraping my tongue. It’s been a little over a week but if this continues, you will have changed my life. My shoulder aren’t hurting and I can throw the football with my son again. I never took RA medicines for more than a week or two because I was always afraid of damaging my liver, I’m an alcoholic. I eat very well, changed from drinking beer to red wine and exercise. If you know anyone with RA tell them ‘Step 1, Clean up your mouth.’ When I get my tax return I’ll visit bristle to get my oral microbiome done. Thanks again, you may have changed my life.

[Dawnarow]

I started this a few months ago. Can you make a video about several of the advice you've given that are similar to this? Your Top 10 or something would be awesome. Thanks for this vid!

[ligiasommers]

I use my stainless steel one since 1998 because I had a yoga teacher that taught me . I LOVE IT !!!! Can’t stay without it 🙏🏻🌷✨🙏🏻

[tariqhafiz]

Interesting & informative. However increase to speed 2x or fast forward to 18 minutes, if you are mainly interested to know the types of tongue scrapers and how to use.

[bennychan]

Thanks for a very good presentation. In addition to tongue scrapping I also do oil pulling. Should I do it
before or after scrapping my tongue?

[jeanclarke]

Thank You. I do tongue scraping twice a day, just because I felt it was the right thing to do. I have kept to this routine. Now that I realize there are other benefits such as the impact on your blood pressure etc, I most definately will continue thia practice.

[TSLAaddict]

I use a washcloth during my morning shower. One of the corners, with
2 of my fingers, and I reached back and scrub the garbage off my tongue. Now the washcloth has to be thin, inexpensive, but it works great. I then rinse it out with soap and water, and hang it back up for the next morning.

[christopherfritz]

Holy Smoke 😮‍💨 I stopped over a year ago because I read something about it causing cancer. Thank God this popped up..

[jotibarratt]

What do you think about water flossers?

[dwisecup]

All right already. I will research myself

[mrapp]

i do fasting and saw that along with fasting and eating kimchi as well as eating more fiber which feeds my microbiome I no longer have coating on my tongue. I do have a great tongue scraper and use it but most of the time I see no coating. Fasting half a day once I wake up has been the great improvement in my health including my oral health. Starve the pathogenic bacteria and you will see so many good changes.