From the time we develop our first little baby teeth, brushing becomes a part of life. Twice a day, every day, we brush, rinse, and spit for fresh breath and clean teeth. And if we're really good, we ...

This week, readers wondered about tongue cleaning and SNAP cards. Q: Why do dentists not clean your tongue when you’re in for a regular check-up? Short answer, dental hygienists won’t clean the tongue ...

One reviewer loved that it removed “residual gunk” from their tongue.

For years we’ve been told to brush our teeth at least twice a day (and additionally after meals) by dentists, oral hygienists, our parents – the list goes on. Everyone tells us that protecting our ...

If you can’t seem to get the taste of onion, garlic or cheese out your mouth after brushing, you might benefit from a tongue scraper. As one of the most flexible muscles in the body, the tongue has ...

Dear Dr. Reitz: What would cause the top of my tongue to turn black? At least twice a day I brush my teeth then rinse with Listerine mouthwash. I am concerned that some type of mildew is growing on my ...

At baseline, there were no significant differences for WTCI, amounts of collected tongue coating and dental plaque samples, and amounts of total bacteria and F. nucleatum in whole collected samples as ...

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Background The effects of tongue cleaning on reconstruction of bacterial flora in dental plaque and tongue coating itself are obscure. We assessed changes in the amounts of total bacteria as well as ...