Drs. Rx: Should You Be Tongue Scraping Every Night?

The Doctors discuss whether or not this is a crucial step for a healthy smile.

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[soumirachaudhary]

If i don't do it every morning I'll feel uncomfortable the rest of the day

[BosSArtwork]

I scrape my tongue with an old sanitized credit card every day. When I read the title, I initially thought that they're going to get into how scraping your tongue is bad for you. Thank god that wasn't the case. Smell my breath.

[calvinyip]

I found online that if you use salt and brush your tongue downward and rinse off . It is super clean. I tried it myself it works.

[anjalishukla]

Well in India cleaning your tongue is as common as brushing your teeth . It's a common practice . I was very shocked to know that in some other countries it's not that common thing 😅

[mentalmaniacs]

Well for me, I brush my teeth then brush the tongue with the same toothbrush and at last brush the teeth one last time . I do this routine in the morning or when I have to go out or something . As a note in don't brush in the evening and I do that routine every morning and as I said when I leave somewhere, also my thootbrush is an electrical Oral B.

[SuccessforLifester]

I remember once in a medical study, they said that over scraping of the tongue affects the sense of taste

[praveen_in_peace]

Tongue scraping is a very common morning routine in south India. We have been doing since ages. I tot everyone is doing it already.
Its so strange to me that people are learning about it now.

[littlebigcomrade]

I use one to remove the pungency from my breath.

[lovhurts]

Brushing you're tongue with a toothbrush and toothpaste works just as well. It doesnt just move it around like he said because my tongue is always perfect. It cleans it just the same if not better.

[RAHHicecream]

i don’t want to kiss anyone who doesn’t use a tongue scrapper now

[davidortiz]

Her face was priceless . She was so confused 😂

[basically]

Well where tf do I buy a tongue scraper

[GG-xsvt]

Not one freakin dentist in my lifetime has mentioned anything about cleaning the tongue. Whatever…

[veronica-]

Boy if anything I do it three times a day, every time I brush my teeth

[pamelahensley]

This a cool video. Have you tried the stilobrush for your tongue?? Its probably the best one I've ever used. Way better than tongue scrapers.

[REKONZE]

Doc said its good for you. I'm buying it today lol

[XzTS-Roostro]

I've been doing this since the 1990s when i was a toddler

[JaneDoe-tmex]

It’s so hard to find a flat triangle shaped one like that hot pink one he’s using would love to know what brand that is. The plastic looks thick too so it won’t break like the Steripod one I bought. The rounded ones don’t scrape the corners well at all. Actually update I bought one from Daiso in Korea for $1!!! 2 in a pack I made my mom buy 6 to bring home and they work wonderfully

[wechwech]

So when you scrape it do you have to go back and brush it with toothpaste or no? And how often must you scrape?

[Slyfer]

For ppl that don’t brush/scrape their tongues makes me question rather or not they wash their ass when they bathe/shower.